American Meteor Society

Reports Report 2308a (Event 2308-2016)

Observer
Name Noah B
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I am 100% positive what I saw in the sky my eyes were in direct contact with the space it occurred staring at the sky before it occurred from my window of my Hotel. I have never seen anything like it, at first it felt like a shooting star and then the HUGE green oval shaped light appearing about as big as a half moon illuminated the sky for about 2.5-3seconds then it disappeared in a cloud trail that also disappeared very quickly. I knew the exact time it happened because of the youtube video that was playing music when it happened that I just referred to.
Location
Address San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur (MX)
Latitude 22° 59' 24.81'' N (22.990226°)
Longitude 109° 44' 0.09'' W (-109.733359°)
Elevation 17.526m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2016-06-28 23:44 MDT
UT Date & Time 2016-06-29 05:44 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 163°
Moving
Facing azimuth 198.31°
First azimuth 182.3°
First elevation 12°
Last azimuth 182.56°
Last elevation 60°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -22
Color Dark Blue, Green, Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 1s
Length 22°
Remarks dissolved into a cloud and then disappeared in about a second
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It was bright green and changed shape into an oval shape explosion
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks After the oval like explosion it appeared to turn into a cloud that disappeared