Reports Report 235b (Event 235-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nolan K |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It happened so quickly and caught me off-guard because I was traveling home later at night after a long day at work. I was driving, so the only detail I saw was through my car windshield. I know the car in front of me saw something, too, as the driver tapped their brakes at the same point I did! There was a recent meteor sighting over Wisconsin, which looked similar but the light streak I saw was way faster than what was recorded for that event. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , WI |
| Latitude | 45° 35' 4.08'' N (45.584468°) |
| Longitude | 89° 14' 12.21'' W (-89.236726°) |
| Elevation | 482.4m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-01-19 19:15 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-01-20 01:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 142° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 277.41° |
| First azimuth | 268.47° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 277.49° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | Started out plain white, and it almost seemed to transition to a light green color---it was really quick, like a flash almost |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I caught a normal light in my trail of sight and thought it was a star, but then quickly augmented and fell and died out |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |