Reports Report 1609dj (Event 1609-2021)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Carey S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | There are contrails visible in the video as well and this event did not resemble those at all. My impression at the time was it looked like a ricochet - like something large grazed the atmosphere. It was impossible to tell how far away it was. I don't think there was any delayed sound, but the panoply of coyotes, dogs, roosters, planes, and the occasional full sized pickup trying to get up the hilly road behind me may have masked it. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Logan, OH |
| Latitude | 39° 23' 15.36'' N (39.387601°) |
| Longitude | 82° 27' 19.89'' W (-82.455526°) |
| Elevation | 304.203613m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2021-03-14 06:01 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-03-14 11:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 251° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 96.93° |
| First azimuth | 129.21° |
| First elevation | 14° |
| Last azimuth | 79.8° |
| Last elevation | 6° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Orange - the majority of the plume was white but the area near the core was yellow-orange possibly due to the light pollution domes near the horizon in that direction. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | The object appeared small at first, created a gigantic plume then seemed to separate from the leading edge of the plume, pull out ahead of it and continue out of sight. Th plume then drifted and faded. I was shooting a Milky Way time lapse at the time and that is the video I uploaded. The video is 24fps and each frame was a 15 second exposure. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |