Reports Report 3961as (Event 3961-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Aydan M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | All I remember was a sudden flash like lighting(almost as if an arm of lighting branching out behind a cloud until it emerged) in the sky, despite the cities light pollution it still gave a wonderful shine like a second but distant full moon, it happened so fast but that’s because I was shocked and in awe, I think right towards the beginning it was a white/purple light bursting into the sky, and then towards the end it became more of a bright orange and then disappeared, but it was big too, big enough to think (MAYBE) it almost came close enough to not burning up completely! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lenoir City, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 46' 22.9'' N (35.773029°) |
| Longitude | 84° 18' 24.04'' W (-84.306677°) |
| Elevation | 288.897034m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-08-02 02:20 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-08-02 06:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 123° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 63° |
| First azimuth | 63.15° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 90.21° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Dark Purple, Light Blue, Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The part of the sky it lit up in was as bright at lighting, disappearing behind a cloud only to reappear less than a second later to reignite the sky once again, then vanished |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |