Reports Report 6949gs (Event 6949-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tyler G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Last night, Oct 12 at 10:15ish over Portland Oregon. I was nearly asleep, laying in bed facing the window and the brightest light flashed and my mind instinctively thought it was the headlights of a truck, then I thought that didn’t make sense coming from the sky. Opened my eyes to see what looked like maybe an asteroid?? It was SO bright maybe hitting the earth’s atmosphere then a bright orange streak in the sky. Then gone quickly. I don’t know enough to say what it was and I can’t find any news about it today. Curious if you would know details. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Portland, OR |
| Latitude | 45° 31' 56.96'' N (45.53249°) |
| Longitude | 122° 59' 38.04'' W (-122.993899°) |
| Elevation | 58.677132m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-10-12 22:15 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-10-13 05:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 101° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 359.27° |
| First azimuth | 355.95° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 0.92° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | Bright White, then orange stream |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | It was glowing orange and disappeared very quickly, within two seconds. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was so bright I saw it through my closed eyes as if it were truck headlights shining directly at me. Bright white ball for maybe 3 seconds then disappeared. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |