Reports Report 667ajc (Event 667-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Howard J |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Strangest thing I ever saw (by the way - I was looking out my kitchen window when I saw it) and shortly after that - I'd say ten minutes - every fire truck in the county went down Mountain Road, which is the direction the fireball went, and helicopters flew back and forth so we thought it was a plane crash and felt really bad about it. We watched the 10 o'clock news and then we found out it was a fireball or meteor. Today is the 23rd and we still don't know about the fire trucks and all. I don't know if you want to read all this but anyhow, the fireball was just there and in 5 seconds or less it was gone - what a sight.!!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Haymarket, VA |
| Latitude | 38° 54' 7.62'' N (38.902116°) |
| Longitude | 77° 39' 41.87'' W (-77.66163°) |
| Elevation | 166.541382m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-03-22 20:00 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-03-23 00:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 54° |
| First azimuth | 54° |
| First elevation | 49° |
| Last azimuth | 56° |
| Last elevation | -1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | glowing trail, fast then gone. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |