Reports Report 1420er (Event 1420-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rhett H |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Never seen anything like that in my life. It seemed to be traveling very slowly across the sky compared to any shooting stars I have seen before. The fireball did not burn out while it was in our line of sight, it went behind some trees, but was still very much glowing when it left our view. The main object was very large, about the size of a pencil eraser held at arms length. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Dothan, AL |
| Latitude | 31° 10' 29.47'' N (31.174854°) |
| Longitude | 85° 25' 44.88'' W (-85.429132°) |
| Elevation | 80.337044m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-06-29 00:30 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-06-29 05:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 269° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 74.16° |
| First azimuth | 93.11° |
| First elevation | 61° |
| Last azimuth | 64.57° |
| Last elevation | 59° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Pink, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | Glowing, It had two vivid, thick, bright lines behind it. One was trailing from the top of the object and the other from the bottom, and there was a third thinner line trailing directly behind the fireball. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There were obvious fragmentations breaking off and spinning as they were being left behind that looked like twinkling sparkles being left in the trail. It was so vivid it looked almost like an animation. |