Reports Report 2132xq (Event 2132-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Scott R |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Saw a bright flash. Entire sky lit up like a huge lightning flash, but turned the sky a beautiful robin's egg blue with slight greenish tint, rapidly pulsing several times. Considered for a moment that it might be a bomb or aircraft exploding as we had just passed WPAFB area a few minutes earlier. Then saw a glowing trail that a second later turned to a smokey trail appearing to begin about 11 0'clock in the sky, traveling upper right to slightly lower left ending at about 10 o'clock in the sky. Began as a fairly straight trail and ended with a curly turn. Smokey trail was visible for nearly 10 seconds or so. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Springfield, OH |
| Latitude | 39° 52' 21.25'' N (39.87257°) |
| Longitude | 83° 58' 17.59'' W (-83.971552°) |
| Elevation | 258.597961m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-27 23:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-28 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 76.6° |
| First azimuth | 48.77° |
| First elevation | 73° |
| Last azimuth | 36.48° |
| Last elevation | 57° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
| Color | Light Blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | driving in the car with windows rolled up, it sounded like a very slight pop |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 8s |
| Length | 4° |
| Remarks | slightly glowing for a second or two and then remaining in the sky as a smoke trail for approximately 8 to 10 seconds |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | bright blue flash that pulsed 2 or three times as if several lightning flashes occurred nearly simultaneously. filled the entire sky as a light robin's egg blue with a very slight greenish tint. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |