Reports Report 1224a (Event 1224-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Phillip S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | As I mentioned before, the fireball and train moved mostly parallel with the horizon for about 80% of the length of time that I witnessed it. In the last 20% of the fireball’s flight that I saw, it began to angle down towards the earth until it dropped out of my sight behind a large hill in my viewing path. This fireball was one of the single neatest things I have ever seen in my life. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Henry, VA |
| Latitude | 36° 50' 2.53'' N (36.834037°) |
| Longitude | 80° 4' 37.3'' W (-80.077028°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-29 21:20 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-30 01:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 262.56963° |
| First azimuth | 254.04457° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 282.84145° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Green streak with red and |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I counted about 35 seconds from when I last saw the fireball and the time at which I heard a faint boom – it was sort of like a soft vibration. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | 40° |
| Remarks | The train of the fireball was a vibrant green glow, and moved from my left-to-right in a fashion parallel to the horizon. The train was fairly long—I approximate that it was at least 40 degrees (4 fist lengths) of which I witnessed, but this report might be a slight under estimation of how many degrees I truly saw—it could have been a little longer. No changes really occurred to the green glow of the train; however, as the fireball moved across the sky, it did begin to produce a stronger red and white color in the front. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | N/A |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |