Reports Report 256o (Event 256-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Elisha S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | My friend Jeff Niendorf and I were driving eastbound on I-90 at around 20:30 Pacific Time and mid-sentence we both stopped, jaws dropped. Obviously all possible options run through your mind, was it a firework? A shooting star? A plane crash? It was too fast for either of those and fireworks don't shoot down at an angle like that. This appeared to be a blueish white bright ball of fire coming out of the sky, shooting at a downward angle from left to right and disappeared behind the mountains. Never seen anything like it! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Issaquah, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 31' 48.36'' N (47.530101°) |
| Longitude | 122° 1' 57.43'' W (-122.032619°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-01-23 20:30 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-01-24 04:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 45° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Blueish green, white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The tail was part of it and did not appear to linger afterwards very long at all. It was tear shaped. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |