Observer | |
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Name | Marilyn B |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | I was truly in awe of what I saw, and I will never forget the sight...I felt it was a once in a lifetime experience...and was so relieved it was not a jet crashing, rather a privileged moment to observe one of God's beautiful mysteries.... The way it disappeared, without touching earth, or Triangle Mountain, as a crashing jet would have done, was a little glimpse for me of the magnitude of the sky! Venus was shining brightly to the left of this occurrence, something we marvel at each clear night, but this Fireball was bigger and brighter than Venus, approximately the size of the full moon, and so swiftly in motion, even my husband, who was sitting beside me, missed seeing this extraordinary happening! |
Location | |
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Address | Metchosin, British Columbia (CA) |
Latitude | 47° 39' 42.85'' N (47.661902°) |
Longitude | 123° 20' 24.35'' W (-123.340096°) |
Elevation | 1305.098999m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2015-03-16 20:00 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2015-03-17 03:00 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 100° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 50° |
First azimuth | 50° |
First elevation | 45° |
Last azimuth | 100° |
Last elevation | 20° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
Color | Orange, Red |
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 | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | A bright white line appeared in the sky, out of nowhere, like a jet stream of smoke, very fine and bright, travelling so fast that I thought immediately that it was a jet hurtling into a crash situation....then a sudden burst of bright red and orange in a ball formation, with very little fragmentation, just so quickly exploding, then disappearing. The white line stayed in the sky for several minutes, changing shape, a little, but the red/orange ball disappeared as fast as it appeared. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |