Reports Report 5831l (Event 5831-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Danielle H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was fast, and at most 5 seconds. Nothing like I’ve ever seen before. Nothing like a shooting star or a meteor shower. It’s as if it slammed into our atmosphere suddenly, and then gone. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Deer Trail, CO |
| Latitude | 39° 26' 16.25'' N (39.437846°) |
| Longitude | 104° 20' 25.67'' W (-104.340463°) |
| Elevation | 1872.931519m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-10-01 20:21 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-10-02 02:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 246° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 77° |
| Last azimuth | 339.13° |
| Last elevation | 68° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Dark Green, Green, Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | Glowing train, neon, then gone. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Huge explosion, then the neon trail |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It just appeared blue green, jagged edges in the shape of a rectangle. Huge, as in a quarter size of a full moon. Then it exploded into small neon pieces, then a trail. |