Reports Report 4142aa (Event 4142-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Joy C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I experienced total cognitive dissonance seeing this unusually large green ball of fire shooting so low in the sky with no sound associated with what appeared like a spontaneous "burst" traveling at an oddly slower speed than shooting stars generally streak. My brain could not compute what I was seeing. It would have been strange enough if the large ball were orange/fire colored. The fact that it was distinctly large, green and silent confused the heck out of me!! Like an unusual green "firework" right in my neighborhood, without any sound or smoke whatsoever. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Berkeley, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 52' 53.65'' N (37.88157°) |
| Longitude | 122° 16' 59.23'' W (-122.28312°) |
| Elevation | 35.794m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-10-26 20:55 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-10-27 03:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 319.66° |
| First azimuth | 335.5° |
| First elevation | 34° |
| Last azimuth | 319.11° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Green, maybe with slight flashed of reddish orange and a little violet around the outer edge of the fire |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | very thin/narrow and "clean" streak, in contrast to the very bright and large "burst" of the fiery green ball |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | It was a brief sighting because the fireball dipped out of sight behind the trees in my neighborhood. |