Reports Report 2391o (Event 2391-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | James B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Aurora, IL |
| Latitude | 41° 45' 36.37'' N (41.760102°) |
| Longitude | 88° 22' 21.87'' W (-88.372742°) |
| Elevation | 207.367462m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-05-11 21:35 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-05-12 02:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 110.5° |
| First azimuth | 11.68° |
| First elevation | 43° |
| Last azimuth | 105.16° |
| Last elevation | 43° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 1° |
| Remarks | It almost looked like it was breaking apart in fiery light. The ball was very pronounced and the trail of fiery light was pretty long about 10x longer than the small ball of almost white but not white light. It was almost yellow orange and white all at once but I think that was because it was so bright. I would say it was visible for about a total of 3 seconds. I tried to get my buddy to look up but by the time he did it was gone. It almost disappeared into nothing but it either went behind a cloud or straight off into the sky but I honestly did not see it go to the horizon like the sun setting or moon it just went straight. It was going roughly west to east. Straight out of the front of my garage. I saw it at about 11oclock (upwards direction) until about 10oclock-9:30 before it disappeared into nothing or a pinpoint. Whole event was probably 2-3 seconds |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I’m not sure what fragmentation means, but if that means the trail looked like it was breaking up into almost digital specs, then yes. And I guess that’s the best way to describe the trail I saw was almost digital specs of orange white and yellow, but it happened really quick. |