Reports Report 987gr (Event 987-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Laura G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I will be honest I am not totally sure this was a fireball or meteor, it was unlike anything I have seen before. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Buffalo, NY |
| Latitude | 42° 50' 33.04'' N (42.842511°) |
| Longitude | 78° 46' 24'' W (-78.773332°) |
| Elevation | 185.581436m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-02-21 18:46 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-02-21 23:46 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 128° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 210° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 160° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | It was kind of a sparkly glowing train |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Was almost like a firework that misfired and tried to explode but didn’t quite fully charge & all the fragments fall apart and burn off and fall |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After the sort of mini explosion all the fragment pieces seemed to fall away and fall like burnt out campfire embers. |