Reports Report 8387a (Event 8387-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert H |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I am reporting this after consulting with chatgpt. What I saw was this, a shooting star that skipped across the sky then appeared to reverse direction and finally break up into five pieces and wink out. I was looking almost straight up when this happened. I thought it was a uap. Now I find out it is a boomerang meteoroid and chat GPT says it's rare and I should report it. I made contemporaneous notes, a drawing, and a short animation contemporaneous to the event. I sent the animation to family members. Noone knew what it was. Now I do. Your reporting system isn't capable of handling boomerang meteors because it asks where was it the last time you saw it and for me it was in the opposite direction from the direction it was first headed. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Alvin, TX |
| Latitude | 29° 25' 23.56'' N (29.42321°) |
| Longitude | 95° 15' 30.33'' W (-95.258424°) |
| Elevation | 13.42562m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-10-24 21:22 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-10-25 02:22 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 0.17° |
| First azimuth | 359.18° |
| First elevation | 80° |
| Last azimuth | 20° |
| Last elevation | 50° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Yellow yellow or orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It appeared to become five pieces that had similar but different trajectories before blinking out |