Reports Report 1062l (Event 1062-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | martin k |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I believe I have explained everything best I could. I've seen plenty shooting stars, satalites in orbit, unexplained astronomical occurances, but this shocking, chilling how big it was. Any questions or updates let me know. I didnt leave my number, but email goes straight to my phone. Thank you! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | tucson, AZ |
| Latitude | 32° 20' 16.68'' N (32.337967°) |
| Longitude | 111° 3' 37.68'' W (-111.060467°) |
| Elevation | -1m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-05-12 23:40 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-05-13 06:40 UT |
| Duration | ? |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 45° |
| First azimuth | 315° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 135° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -25 |
| Color | white, orange tail, broke into several white other peices bigger than venus in winter solstice |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 35° |
| Remarks | Orange tail, broke off into multiple white fragments multiple orange trails like fire works, main body appeared to keep momentum until streak disapated, I believe it was still mostly intact after entering atmosphere. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Looked like a star the size of a full moon, current moon size comparison. After 30+ seconds it broke into 3-4 venus sized peices, but main body was still larger and continued SE direction until it stopped glowing and orange streak continued flight path for at least 10 more seconds. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Already described, see previous responses. Direction of fragmentation was due east from my location at 40-45 degrees in the sky. Looked like when military aircraft deploys flares, but size in this analogy would be if the aircraft was 100 ft away. Not exagurating. I was expecting a local impact but the vessel, meteor or whatnot, seemed to keep moving straight, not down. |