Reports Report 7950bf (Event 7950-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Daniel L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was the most amazing thing I have seen in the sky. Very bright, like lighting, blue and green, burning and smoking and shedding burning debris. Really incredible. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Phippsburg, ME |
| Latitude | 43° 46' 55.09'' N (43.78197°) |
| Longitude | 69° 49' 51.43'' W (-69.830953°) |
| Elevation | 26.817368m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-03 21:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-04 01:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 100° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 107.76° |
| First azimuth | 71.42° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 121.97° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Green, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 15s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | It looked like something breaking up, as if parts of it were falling off and trailing behind it. Very think, much larger and closer than any contrail, more like a distant rocket launch. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A single piece passed the termination, almost like a regular shooting star but much closer. While it was traveling it was shedding flaming pieces that burned off in different directions. |