Reports Report 8285j (Event 8285-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thalitha L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve never seen one so close in the atmosphere. It was very colorful but enormous. The original 3 orange balls of light I saw were remarkably larger, 3-10 times larger depending on which ball of light, than the tower lights or the brightest star. It would be hard to block it out with a quarter held straight out in front of me. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Cleveland, GA |
| Latitude | 34° 34' 48.5'' N (34.580138°) |
| Longitude | 83° 46' 2.72'' W (-83.767423°) |
| Elevation | 478.197693m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-12-28 20:12 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-12-29 01:12 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 177° |
| First azimuth | 205.54° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 176.96° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The train was a sleek needle like bright white thin line behind the object which created the emitting light, it was three times as long as the object which created a missile -like image, a leading “nose” with a point from which two arcs of orangey rainbow light emitted above and below. The train came straight from the nose. Much like a stingray, missile, or torpedo in water. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw the flash or the appearance of three large balls of orange light well before, at least 20 seconds, on the opposite side of the mountain before I created the hill which is what I have reported. The fireballs appeared to be motionless to the right of where my report begins. My report begins with the singular object I saw flying across the sky. The trajectory would place the fireballs on the other side of the ridge toward Dahlonega in the West. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |