Reports Report 8097m (Event 8097-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mark P |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I am a 35 year retired air traffic controller with extensive experience identifing arial objects. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lake City, FL |
| Latitude | 30° 12' 41.5'' N (30.211527°) |
| Longitude | 82° 40' 56.11'' W (-82.682254°) |
| Elevation | 46.674934m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-11-08 06:10 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-11-08 11:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 85° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 55° |
| First azimuth | 10° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 110° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | 3 pieces at least, one seemed to oscillate colors on the rainbow spectrum |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 90s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | All the pieces left a trail similar to a contrail. The length was the entire field of view for the objects and persisted for over 90 seconds. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There were at least 3 pieces, The lead object was significantly ahead of the rest and appeared white. The next object was considerably larger and oscillated colors. The last clearly defined object was much smaller than the other 2, was in close proximity to the largest and appeared white. |