Reports Report 2092ce (Event 2092-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mark N |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | falling at about 40 degrees from the west over chicago and falling off sharply at the end. The ball was about the size of a jet plane. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Waukegan, IL |
| Latitude | 42° 24' 36.4'' N (42.41011°) |
| Longitude | 87° 56' 16.45'' W (-87.937904°) |
| Elevation | 203.652557m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-26 06:05 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-26 11:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 335° |
| First azimuth | 15° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 315° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Blue, Green, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | glowing trail of fire red, green white around the trail with a slight smoke at the higher viewing and tapering off at it fell |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | first I though it was a plane landing or crashing at one point, then I saw a flash and more bright tail red, green, blue and white, I realized that I saw a Meteor |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It appeared to break up slightly |