Reports Report 6153fl (Event 6153-2021)

Observer
Name Casey B
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks i don’t live anywhere even remotely close to any serious rocket activity or launches. i’ve watched meteors/showers before but i have never seen anything so low, so bright, or so slow. i don’t know what the hell it was but it was absolutely beautiful
Location
Address Warner Robins, GA
Latitude 32° 35' 14.95'' N (32.587485°)
Longitude 83° 41' 18.33'' W (-83.688426°)
Elevation 127.92392m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-09-30 22:40 EDT
UT Date & Time 2021-10-01 02:40 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From down left to up right
Descent Angle 15°
Moving
Facing azimuth 316.57°
First azimuth 338.96°
First elevation -
Last azimuth 134.17°
Last elevation -
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -16
Color Purple
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks gentle sounding sonic boom a few minutes after it passed out of sight
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 30s
Length 99.99°
Remarks looked almost like a plane trail but far too bright. it lasted very clearly for maybe 20 second after the initial object passed and then dissipated
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -