Reports Report 2001u (Event 2001-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Shan Z |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was shocked enough by seeing this to check out your web-site and was happy to see that others have reported this. The object was falling nearly straight down but slightly up left to down right from my north-westward viewing angle. My wife saw it too. I highly doubt that it was a fire work because when it fragmented the size of pieces were not uniform, nor did it explode. However, we did not see the start of the trail - it entered our field of view from above the windshield. Like others my wife and I swear it must have been a few thousand yards from us (e.g. over Stafford Springs, CT), but I see others saying something similar about an object in southern NH and Massachusetts - so I do not trust our concept of how far the object was from us. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tolland, CT |
| Latitude | 41° 52' 31.98'' N (41.875549°) |
| Longitude | 72° 20' 6.84'' W (-72.335233°) |
| Elevation | 205.609039m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-17 21:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-18 01:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 41.77° |
| First azimuth | 37.41° |
| First elevation | 39° |
| Last azimuth | 44.93° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Light Yellow (Through a car windshield) |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The entire object brightened towards the end, but not explosively. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw the object disintegrate into a handfull of pieces of various sizes, non-explosively (everything kept falling nearly straight down). |