Reports Report 2257al (Event 2257-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I have seen dozens in my life over the years. The size of the ball and subsequent trail, was the largest and widest I have ever seen! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Cincinnati, OH |
| Latitude | 39° 13' 40.39'' N (39.227886°) |
| Longitude | 84° 28' 0.89'' W (-84.466913°) |
| Elevation | 177.818m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-06-27 20:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-06-28 00:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 205° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 315° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 275° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -28 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 20s |
| Length | 90° |
| Remarks | Bluish to white hot front, whitish to yellow/orange ball. Green to orange to blue trail that took up three quarters of the sky, lasting nearly ten seconds. Trail was very wide and white hot as it dissipated. Lasted nearly twenty seconds. Whole sky turned forest bright green. Even though the night sky was pitch black. There was, an explosion at horizon level. No sound that I could hear. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Please see above description under "details of the train" |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | White hot ball explosion into gazillions of pieces at the bottom horizon level. Each fragment burst from white to yellow to bright orange to various shades of green and blue. Entire directional hemisphere lit up into various shades of green, from forest green to bright olive green |