Reports Report 262c (Event 262-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | michael r |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Awesome site. If something fell, good luck finding it in that location. Regards.. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | cullman ( Fairview ), AL |
| Latitude | 34° 14' 34.65'' N (34.242958°) |
| Longitude | 86° 42' 38.91'' W (-86.710807°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-02-22 21:21 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-02-23 03:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 230.93165° |
| First azimuth | 230.75375° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 230.7881° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | light green. pastel lime, |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Very strong winds and nearby storms, couldnt hear or feel any booms or hiss. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2.5s |
| Length | 7.5° |
| Remarks | Glowing red trail, first the fireballsplit into two parts, both with a red ( yes red) tail. both of those parts broke up shortly before the tree line. The Lime green pieces of the fireball still visible as well as trailing green persistant \'streamers\'. Never seen one like, many greens, but not with red. It looked like it fell to the south of Cullman Alabama. It was pretty close. 50-60 miles perhaps. Best one I have on my list. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | the flash was a fragmentation, first into two parts, then each into several. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |