Reports Report 6949je (Event 6949-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sara G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I felt compelled to share my siting. I believe I was the closest to the meteor. It was absolutely amazing as it is terrifying. I will never forget the vertigo spell it triggered. I was scared I was going to go blind for a second, I was (to say the least lol) seeing stars for minutes after. Definitely a life changing experience for me. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tacoma, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 9' 26.74'' N (47.157427°) |
| Longitude | 122° 26' 54.23'' W (-122.448398°) |
| Elevation | 97.900421m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-10-12 22:18 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-10-13 05:18 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 272.98° |
| First azimuth | 271.65° |
| First elevation | 46° |
| Last azimuth | 272.8° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Light Blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Sounded like a flare |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Sounded like a sonic boom |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | It completely covered my horizon in front of me, the tail had a black core, that had a glowing orange, firecracker type ring around it, and then around that was a large glowing light blue ring |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash was blue, almost a teal color, it was as bright as the sun for two seconds, like it was completely light outside, it honestly gave me a vertigo effect, my instant reaction was that was definitely NOT good for my eyes. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |