Reports Report 305e (Event 305-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | DUSTAN A |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | feel free to contact me if you would liketo talk to me about the fireball..i also have photos i took of the last total lunar eclipse..really turned out great..all the imformation i gave you is not made up..and i hope my descriptions help with your research |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Denton, TX |
| Latitude | 33° 14' 2.48'' N (33.234021°) |
| Longitude | 97° 4' 56.74'' W (-97.082427°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-03-12 23:40 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-03-13 05:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 75.67714° |
| First azimuth | 192.13688° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 58.60956° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | white and blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | my car was running and radio was on very low.my friend was in passanger seat..the light was so bright i saw it out of corner of my eye..i was sitting at red light only one other car around and my windows up.i want to say i heard something but not shure |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | if you was looking up at street lights,what i saw was about the size of three street lights..very long train first second then it exploded almost like it split in half..the back is what blew into several larger pieces making really wide train of white fire balls and you could see some smoke..you could see the pieces slow quicklyand actually see large pieces seeming to fall srtaight down..the front piece stayed in one large piece.white and long thin train..front part was gone before back half thats how big the explosion was..its the second largest ive seen, its been atleast 20 years between the two sightings.four people seen this one. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |