Reports Report 7912o (Event 7912-2024)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Samuel M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I just happened to walk outside to enjoy the cool night temperatures and saw the flash of light. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Huttig, AR |
| Latitude | 33° 2' 18.73'' N (33.038535°) |
| Longitude | 92° 12' 41.89'' W (-92.211636°) |
| Elevation | 42.783939m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2024-12-21 22:09 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-12-22 04:09 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 265° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 87.69° |
| First azimuth | 141.04° |
| First elevation | - |
| Last azimuth | 43.47° |
| Last elevation | 5° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | A single white point, blueish white explosion into hundreds of yellow streaks |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | It started as a single bright point of light as it entered my field of view to the southeast of my location. It streaked from south to north, exploding in a blue-white flash of light as it entered the atmosphere, then developing a tail of hundreds or more yellow-orange streaks. There was a visible streak left behind as the object continued northward, followed by it breaking up into smaller pieces. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Began a single point of white light traveling south to north, due east of my location. In a blue-white flash, it broke up into hundreds of smaller pieces and developed a large tail of yellow-orange with a smoke trail in the atmosphere. |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above description |