Reports Report 1062au (Event 1062-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Edward V |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This was a very dramatic fireball. I am not an excitable person but this made me shout aloud to my passenger when I saw it (I won't report my language lol) it appeared to be a malicious fireball aimed directly at the center of the highway ahead of us. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Toronto, ON (CA) |
| Latitude | 43° 43' 36.19'' N (43.726719°) |
| Longitude | 79° 27' 46.95'' W (-79.463043°) |
| Elevation | 182.841644m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-05-04 16:18 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-05-04 20:18 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 73.1° |
| First azimuth | 71.34° |
| First elevation | 36° |
| Last azimuth | 73.02° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Broken trail, first narrow and well defined then dissipated and scattered. Faint persistent cloud remained after trail vanished. This cloud was the remnant of where the trail first began. It became evident by vehicle movement, cloud movement that this whisp of cloud was farther away and much higher than the illusion it gave when it had first appeared. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Object seemed irregularly shaped as it plummeted, brightness was not consistent. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |