Reports Report 8011a (Event 8011-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Paula P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was so quick that I didn't have time to take a picture of it. And when the object went across the sky, it was so bright for a second I thought somebody had a light over my head. But then it faded so quickly. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Spokane, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 57' 39.72'' N (47.961033°) |
| Longitude | 117° 28' 28.58'' W (-117.474606°) |
| Elevation | 648.160156m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-12-18 22:00 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-12-19 06:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 350.25° |
| First azimuth | 47.82° |
| First elevation | 53° |
| Last azimuth | 323.3° |
| Last elevation | 43° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | It started out as a very bright white trail, and then it turned like a darker orange color very quickly and disappeared and it left like a smoky trail right that dispersed and it was hard to see in the night sky when it turned smoky, but it the smoky trail of it lasted about 7 to 8 seconds longer than the bright light did. So the initial object was just a few seconds and then the lit up smoky trail when it was bright, which is a few more seconds and then when it turned orange was a few seconds after that, and then the smoke lasted about five seconds longer than those combined altogether, it must have been under twelve seconds. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |