Reports Report 179b (Event 179-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tanner E |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Once it was in my view (I was driving) it was in the top left of my front windshield, it went across the top like a glare and then I quickly realized it wasn’t as it started to move very fast and spark/burn and start to angle down very very fast until it went behind the trees which were along the road. I slowed down and rolled down my window to listen once it went out of view and I didn’t hear anything, no noise, from it or from people at all. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lancaster, PA |
| Latitude | 40° 0' 35.86'' N (40.00996°) |
| Longitude | 76° 15' 57.63'' W (-76.266009°) |
| Elevation | 82.124794m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-01-08 22:35 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-01-09 03:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 174° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 329.04° |
| First azimuth | 299.8° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 317.94° |
| Last elevation | 5° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, Red, Brown |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Very slight smoke trail, could only see what was lit up by the object. Sparks or something close to that was in with the “smoke” |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There seemed to be sparks or bits coming off as it came down, it came down for the majority of the time (for the last 3/4th of it) almost straight down. |