Reports Report 6746ax (Event 6746-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | S W |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | This event will be on many home security systems from Southern to Central Indiana, I'm sure. My first thought was space junk, but from south to north? It was ongoing when I saw it in the east. I watched it until I couldn't see it any more which was straight north and at that point it looked like it was in several pieces. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Crothersville, IN |
| Latitude | 38° 48' 18.16'' N (38.805045°) |
| Longitude | 85° 48' 52.88'' W (-85.81469°) |
| Elevation | 172.69812m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-10-20 00:44 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-10-20 04:44 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 267° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 16.58° |
| First azimuth | 77.8° |
| First elevation | 26° |
| Last azimuth | 355.25° |
| Last elevation | 13° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | About a minute or two after I saw it flame out, I heard a series of light booms (about 9 or 10 in 10 seconds.) I live next to an interstate so it could've been a truck but I didn't see any trucks around at the time. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It seemed as though there were pieces shedding off the main piece of whatever it was. Probably every couple seconds a larger, brighter piece would detach and get bright then slowly fade as it drifted down the tail of sparks from the main object. |