Reports Report 208mr (Event 208-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | todd v |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | if you all want the picture, it shows nothing but the bright blue sky and some clouds, but it faithfully shows the direction we were viewing |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rockville, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 2' 50.71'' N (39.047419°) |
| Longitude | 77° 6' 35.5'' W (-77.109861°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-02-14 13:00 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-02-14 18:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 87.92029° |
| First azimuth | 88.49514° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 88.19569° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | trail was silvery - tip e |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | no sounds - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | we were in the car, slowing down in front of an intersection when I saw a thin, flashy silvery flicker that looked like a long piece of old-fashioned Christmas tinsel pretty low in the sky, moving toward the ground quickly it was over in a flash, but I gasped and so did my wife, who was seated in the passenger seat... \"did you see that?\" she said, I said \"yes, it looked like a piece of tinsel.\" she said she saw an orange tip to it but I can\'t say I did. I pulled over, and took a quick snapshot of the general direction we were looking in, and marked down the intersection where we were. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | any \"flash\" was the thin trail this thing had - it all seemed to be a continuous silvery streak |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |