Reports Report 2158ir (Event 2158-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | tim w |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sweetwater, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 36' 5.27'' N (35.601464°) |
| Longitude | 84° 27' 39.74'' W (-84.461039°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-28 19:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-28 23:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 270° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | blue green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | across the sky it was blue green smoking looked like welding rod. directly from west to east straight across. i was driving don't know about sound. when it was at the end it burst out into fire and smoke for couple seconds, then back blue green sparking again for a second smoking, then not really a flash but went orange fireball and smoked out for two three seconds. i was heading south on interstate 75 right at main exit for sweetwater tn. wasn't only one saw it everyone slowed down. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |