Reports Report 1882ob (Event 1882-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dawn A |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This all happened in less than a minute, if you count from the start of the bright light (the daylight affect & back to nightlight) to the disappearance of the fireball. My friend who was in the passenger seat of the car at the time, witnessed this whole event also. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Phoenix, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 43' 6.36'' N (33.718434°) |
| Longitude | 112° 6' 49.09'' W (-112.113637°) |
| Elevation | 442.894104m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-06-02 04:00 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-06-02 11:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 45° |
| First azimuth | 90° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Like a match flame. It was red @ head & went - red, orange to yellow @ tai!. Very bright & clear colors. Very clear but bigger & brighter than any moon ive seen!! |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A loud boom but not sure when exactly. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | The whole thing had a tail. But the trail of smoke left behind, lasted long time. Just like when airplanes leave a trail & it can stay there for minutes to hours. This was visual for a long time. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I was driving my car when everything turned from darkness to daylight in seconds. I looked out & upward of my windshield and then to my sunroof, then to look at my right passenger & saw outside my right side passenger window, was the souce or ?cause of the bright light, was coming downward (a large ball of flames with a long flame tail) towards the ground , it seemed so close, but probably a few miles away once it had traveled downward and was gone. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |