| Observer |
|
Name |
John S |
|
Experience Level |
3/5
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|
Remarks |
This was out of the blue.
It was 8:15pm aug 28. Still pretty light out but getting dark. My fiancé was standing, talking to me as I was sitting on my deck out back of our row house facing east. As I looked at her talking to me a softball sized ball flew passed the top of her head and over the horizon of the row homes out back. It was white hot with a yellow-orange glow around it. The tail looked like it was on fire with smoke around it then it suddenly disappeared over the horizon of the homes in front of me. By the time she turned around there was nothing. So it was only 1-2 seconds. But spectacular. Never saw anything like it. |
| Location |
|
Address |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
Latitude |
40° 2' 1.37'' N (40.033713°)
|
|
Longitude |
75° 2' 27.19'' W (-75.040885°)
|
|
Elevation |
- |
| Time and Duration |
|
Local Date & Time |
2014-08-28 08:15 EDT
|
|
UT Date & Time |
2014-08-28 12:15 UT
|
|
Duration |
≈1.5s
|
| Direction |
|
Moving direction |
From left to right |
|
Descent Angle |
90° |
| Moving |
|
Facing azimuth |
90° |
|
First azimuth |
90° |
|
First elevation |
45° |
|
Last azimuth |
270° |
|
Last elevation |
25° |
| Brightness and color |
|
Stellar Magnitude |
-13 |
|
Color |
White |
| Concurrent Sound |
|
Observation |
No |
|
Remarks |
- |
| Delayed Sound |
|
Observation |
Unknown |
|
Remarks |
- |
| Persistent train |
|
Observation |
Yes |
|
Duration |
2s |
|
Length |
15° |
|
Remarks |
Fire inside the smoke. With smoke around it the suddenly disappeared. |
| Terminal flash |
|
Observation |
No |
|
Remarks |
- |
| Fragmentation |
|
Observation |
No |
|
Remarks |
- |
