Reports Report 2769bn (Event 2769-2026)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Cyndee G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was sitting on my back porch which faces east and have a view of the great Smoky mountains from cades cove to beyond Seymour. The moon was rising really nicely and I was enjoying when to it's left maybe my visual of the Gatlinburg / Seymour area I see this and I'm in such awe trying to wrap my brain around it it was nearly gone when I snapped the picture of just the upper part of the tail. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Maryville, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 46' 42.27'' N (35.778409°) |
| Longitude | 84° 3' 27.77'' W (-84.057714°) |
| Elevation | 320.100983m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2026-04-14 05:41 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-04-14 09:41 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 258° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 95.28° |
| First azimuth | 105.09° |
| First elevation | 17° |
| Last azimuth | 99.91° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Light Yellow maybe whitish, it was as bright or brighter than the moon that was rising to its right, maybe had some orange tones to it, I was in such awe though. |
| 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 | 10s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Definitely a glowing really large train of smoke, it reminded me of a capsule reentry into the atmosphere when I was a kid. Kind of curved from the bottom and wrapping out the sides a large area. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |