Reports Report 3524jj (Event 3524-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jason B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | An odd thing was that it appeared that the glowing item was in an odd shape, It seemed as if it had a flat face to it, not rounded as I thought it might be. The best way I can describe it would be if you lit A brick on fire and threw it and it remained at a constant angle of 70 degrees. It seemed that the object was odd shaped . |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rutland, VT |
| Latitude | 43° 35' 19.37'' N (43.588714°) |
| Longitude | 72° 58' 6.95'' W (-72.968596°) |
| Elevation | 174.17m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-09-21 21:35 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-09-22 01:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 11.84° |
| First azimuth | 9.62° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 358.54° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 8s |
| Length | 25° |
| Remarks | was driving north on Rt. 7 and I noticed A bright flash and I looked up to my right and noticed a large fireball. It was an intense blue and glowing white and only about 300 feet above me to the right. It was very low and I watched it travel ahead of me falling quickly, I could hardly believe it was so low and it traveled ahead of me above route 7 and I thought, I thought to myself, it's going to hit the Rutland fairgrounds. At this point, it was only about 150 feet up and it fragmented into about 20 small fragments and disappeared. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | first saw out of corner of eye, caught my attention |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fragmentation flash sent fragments in about 20 at most smaller pieces and disappeared. |