Reports Report 708g (Event 708-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eric S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Abilene, TX |
| Latitude | 32° 21' 42.89'' N (32.361914°) |
| Longitude | 99° 56' 48.48'' W (-99.9468°) |
| Elevation | 606.742004m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-02-03 20:12 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-02-04 02:12 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 186° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 265.82° |
| First azimuth | 275.35° |
| First elevation | 39° |
| Last azimuth | 275.29° |
| Last elevation | 39° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 50s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | I did not see what left the train. I looked up in the sky and there was a green train with debris falling off it. This appearance was stable and not moving for a period of approximately 50 seconds from the time I first noticed it. The first thing I thought of was that it appeared to be a lesser occurrence of what Challenger looked like when it went down. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was strange in that I have never seen a train like this before. It remained in the sky for 50 seconds, glowing green with small fragments that did not appear to move. The entire appearance was stationary, as I did not see the object that laid down the train, but observed only the train after the fact. It was as if something had burned up in the upper atmosphere, but the fragments were stationary to my observation point. Perhaps what I saw was the entirety of the object which had burned up. I can say that my immediate thought was that something had been shot down and burned up in the upper atmosphere. |