Reports Report 1750ad (Event 1750-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chelsea M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This is not a prank, i honestly thought there was a fire in the backyard which is why I looked out the window and saw it, but that's how bright it was. Scared me because I've never seen something like that before. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Winthrop, ME |
| Latitude | 44° 19' 11.87'' N (44.319964°) |
| Longitude | 70° 0' 12.43'' W (-70.003454°) |
| Elevation | 153.136m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-05-17 00:51 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-05-17 04:51 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 139° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 280.47° |
| First azimuth | 279.63° |
| First elevation | 16° |
| Last azimuth | 300.17° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Kind of a sparking, flaming, rumbling, noise. It was not like thunder, it was not loud it was pretty faint although I was mostly fascinated by the brightness |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | About 6 minutes after I saw it fall, I heard a loud noise, lIke an echo. At first I thought it was wind because it was windy earlier that day but realized that it was just cold and slightly wondy, not enough to make that kind of noise. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 2° |
| Remarks | It was skinny where it began and was fat where it ended, and it got skinnier until it dissappeared |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bits of orange falling off of the main ball of fire |