Reports Report 4412ay (Event 4412-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amber P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | We were looking east and we saw a huge explosion in the sky to the south that lit up the sky, when we looked south we saw a huge round object very far away, assuming in space, fall with a huge fire trail behind. When sticking your arm out at full length, from there it was about 3.5-4 inches long in the sky by about an inch wide. It disappeared within 5 seconds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Waseca, MN |
| Latitude | 43° 58' 42.9'' N (43.978584°) |
| Longitude | 93° 30' 1.07'' W (-93.500298°) |
| Elevation | 349.336m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-11-11 21:45 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-11-12 03:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 162° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 190° |
| First azimuth | 190° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 190° |
| Last elevation | 22° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Saw a bright flash when we were facing east, turned to the south and saw a bright object falling with a red and orange and white, that looked like a comet but much bigger, massive, round part in the front looked about 1/2 the size of the moon, with a tail close to twice the length of the object. Look to us as a nuclear explosion in outer space. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | When we were walking east, we saw a huge flash from the south that lit up the whole sky and got our attention. When we looked to the south, we saw this massive ball of something falling from the sky in the way distance, seemed to be in space, the size of the round looking object that was falling seemed to be about half the size of the moon last night with a trail of what looked to be firr behind it. It was so massive that you could distinctly see the different parts |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |