Fireball report

Reports Report 695u (Event 695-2015)

Observer
Name	Marilyn B
Experience Level	1/5
Remarks	I was truly in awe of what I saw, and I will never forget the sight...I felt it was a once in a lifetime experience...and was so relieved it was not a jet crashing, rather a privileged moment to observe one of God's beautiful mysteries.... The way it disappeared, without touching earth, or Triangle Mountain, as a crashing jet would have done, was a little glimpse for me of the magnitude of the sky! Venus was shining brightly to the left of this occurrence, something we marvel at each clear night, but this Fireball was bigger and brighter than Venus, approximately the size of the full moon, and so swiftly in motion, even my husband, who was sitting beside me, missed seeing this extraordinary happening!

Location
Address	Metchosin, British Columbia (CA)
Latitude	47° 39' 42.85'' N (47.661902°)
Longitude	123° 20' 24.35'' W (-123.340096°)
Elevation	1305.098999m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2015-03-16 20:00 PDT
UT Date & Time	2015-03-17 03:00 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up left to down right
Descent Angle	100°

Moving
Facing azimuth	50°
First azimuth	50°
First elevation	45°
Last azimuth	100°
Last elevation	20°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-27
Color	Orange, Red

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	A bright white line appeared in the sky, out of nowhere, like a jet stream of smoke, very fine and bright, travelling so fast that I thought immediately that it was a jet hurtling into a crash situation....then a sudden burst of bright red and orange in a ball formation, with very little fragmentation, just so quickly exploding, then disappearing. The white line stayed in the sky for several minutes, changing shape, a little, but the red/orange ball disappeared as fast as it appeared.

Terminal flash

Observation

Yes

Remarks

A bright white line appeared in the sky, out of nowhere, like a jet stream of smoke, very fine and bright, travelling so fast that I thought immediately that it was a jet hurtling into a crash situation....then a sudden burst of bright red and orange in a ball formation, with very little fragmentation, just so quickly exploding, then disappearing. The white line stayed in the sky for several minutes, changing shape, a little, but the red/orange ball disappeared as fast as it appeared.

Fragmentation
Observation	No
Remarks	-