Reports Report 5576e (Event 5576-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sloan A |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It looked like it was shockingly low, and coming directly overhead, then it was gone |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Swanton, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 30' 23.64'' N (39.506566°) |
| Longitude | 79° 16' 47.49'' W (-79.279857°) |
| Elevation | 754.184448m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-09-21 00:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-09-21 04:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 11° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 306.2° |
| First azimuth | 310.43° |
| First elevation | 41° |
| Last azimuth | 118.76° |
| Last elevation | 69° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, Brown |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The object was brightly lit and visibly on fire, reddish, orange and yellow then got brighter as it broke apart |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The object broke into two or three pieces as it got brighter and then all of them disappeared altogether as if they burned up. |