Reports Report 3072e (Event 3072-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jason P |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This is a completely fluke sighting. I was out the back having a cigarette and initially thought it was a helicopter or a plane. Except it was moving too quickly, with zero noise and no navigation lights. It was 1am, dark and very quiet. It grew larger and was very bright no in relation to the sky before fizzing out and what can only be described as a poof and there were fragment trails. There was no aftersound. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Llanharan, Wales (GB) |
| Latitude | 51° 32' 24.04'' N (51.540011°) |
| Longitude | 3° 26' 31.79'' W (-3.442164°) |
| Elevation | 100.630775m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-05-30 01:18 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-05-30 00:18 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 257° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 9.61° |
| First azimuth | 26.99° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | 342.44° |
| Last elevation | 28° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Got brighter and then just sort of big glow and then fizzled out and split. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Like an undefined firework in terms of how it "poofed". But a million embers glowing brightly and then falling in its trail |