Reports Report 3844u (Event 3844-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zorita B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It flickered like a candle so couldn't have been an LED from a drone, appeared within my view while I was driving so wasn't from over my car, had no blinking lights so wasn't an aircraft, but it had no tail and was very bright. The lack of tail has me confused if it was a celestial object or not, but the flairs I have seen do not have such white color, aren't single points (usually have spreading points) and fall slower than this object. I'm not sure if it was a meteor/fireball, but none of the usual man-made night lights match this behavior at all. (Mainly the lack of visible tail has me worried it wasn't an actual celestial object.) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kill Devil Hills, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 53' 50.47'' N (35.897353°) |
| Longitude | 75° 37' 6.14'' W (-75.618372°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-10-18 21:41 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-10-19 01:41 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 142° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 242.41° |
| First azimuth | 239.16° |
| First elevation | 52° |
| Last azimuth | 261.51° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |