Reports Report 2891ba (Event 2891-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Matt H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | If nobody else has alerted you about this fireball, I checked Twitter after I saw it to see if others had as well, and it turns out people everywhere from Ottawa to Pennsylvania saw the object, too. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Coventry, RI |
| Latitude | 41° 41' 30.98'' N (41.691938°) |
| Longitude | 71° 34' 7.32'' W (-71.568699°) |
| Elevation | 79.146133m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-11-01 17:09 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-11-01 22:09 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 253° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 339.26° |
| First azimuth | 344.94° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 332.06° |
| Last elevation | 8° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It's heard to describe. I heard a faint zooming noise (after I spotted the object with my eye), which lasted until the object broke up. I'm still confused about it, after all, sound only travels so fast -- I suspect it was real and don't think my mind was playing tricks on me. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw the object get quite bright the moment it broke up into two or three pieces. I would consider it a flash, as it was very brief. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | In its final seconds, the object split up into three pieces then evaporated. |