Reports Report 2854j (Event 2854-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jeri C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Google Maps don't work well with my location. It gives you the wrong address for me and your tools kind of sucked to work with. 1. I was sitting down when I saw it and 2. My little man was in the way for a lot of the pin pointing. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Pipe Creek, TX |
| Latitude | 29° 43' 46.26'' N (29.729516°) |
| Longitude | 99° 4' 16.38'' W (-99.071218°) |
| Elevation | 387.561m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-08-10 23:12 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-08-11 04:12 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 179° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 222.64° |
| First azimuth | 272.95° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 227.86° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It wasn't till 11:15 PM that I heard what sounded like a rumbling explosion. It was loud enough to hear but not loud enough to stir up the dogs nor wake anyone. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | At about 11:30 PM decided to go out back where there are no trees to look for a meteor shower. That is when we saw the trail. The sky was clear, the trail was wide and you could smell a hint of burnt electronics. Stood there for maybe 15 minutes, trail was visible the whole time. Went in for 15 minutes. Stepped out front. Couldn't see trail through trees but the smell was still in the air with a bit of skunk smell. Then I went to bed. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was over my house before I actually saw it. I was on the front porch smoking a cigarette. At the roof edge, night started turning into day. It turned the sky to day. I could see the arch of light growing bigger as it traveled. Then the light turned electric blue, as I started actually seeing the object falling, I saw an almost screw like fashion, then it quickly turned white again in the shape of a long thin needle. This thing was huge. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |