Reports Report 1420av (Event 1420-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cayla C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | first time ever seeing anything like this, at first I thought it was a plane crashing till it broke into pieces and could see them falling from right to left then just fizzled out. It was breath taking and beautiful! I will remember it my entire life. I was extremely lucky to be in the perfect viewing spot for it!!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Knoxville, TN |
| Latitude | 36° 0' 56.45'' N (36.01568°) |
| Longitude | 83° 43' 30.77'' W (-83.725215°) |
| Elevation | 297.622894m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-06-29 01:28 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-06-29 05:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 263° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 157.4° |
| First azimuth | 203.92° |
| First elevation | 51° |
| Last azimuth | 76.29° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Purple, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | bright explosion of yellowish orange color then like the object broke apart into 5-7 pieces all pieces had a tail or streaming tail behind it |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | fragments were behind the objects falling |