Reports Report 7912ei (Event 7912-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christina W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I hope it wasn't an aircraft on fire. It seemed to be coming down while crossing by us and was moving much faster than a plane but much slower than a shooting star and it was huge. The tail was consistently following it, and when I saw the back, it seemed like the tail was gone. And there was a fireball, and then the back of another object on fire, I don't know what happened because we had lost some visibility for a moment as it was closer and coming down, the trees blocked our view for about 5-10 seconds |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Acworth, GA |
| Latitude | 34° 5' 51.66'' N (34.097683°) |
| Longitude | 84° 38' 21.63'' W (-84.639341°) |
| Elevation | 300.739777m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-12-21 23:15 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-12-22 04:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 270° |
| First azimuth | 135° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 270° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | Blue white orange red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 7° |
| Remarks | Bright and sparkly almost like fire coming out of a jet |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was crossing in front of us over the road we were on, like a low flying commercial jet. It looked like a plane on fire, when we got beside it, we were actually directly behind it and I saw two separate balls of fire |