Reports Report 1110a (Event 1110-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | John A |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | The initial fireball was a quick but brilliant flash that appeared to me to be just over the Catalina Mountains. As it continued to "fall", its color changed from a brilliant and bright light blue to a brilliantly bright green and appeared to slightly "pulse" just before fragmentation and turned quite literally into several glowing orange fragments, along the same overall trajectory, however, each fragment fell at slightly different trajectories (each toward the ground), before the light completely disappeared, which seemed, from my vantage point, to be towards the White Mountains. I feel it significant to point out that my view was never blocked by any terrestrial object, the fireball simply appeared to "go out" instead. I have/had a completely unimpeaded view of the event from when I first noticed it to when it's energy simply seemed to cease. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tucson, AZ |
| Latitude | 32° 20' 30.17'' N (32.341715°) |
| Longitude | 111° 5' 36.43'' W (-111.093452°) |
| Elevation | 664.341m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-03-23 20:15 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-03-24 03:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 245° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 49.33° |
| First azimuth | 46.84° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 33.96° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green, Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Somewhat of a quick "pulse" when the color appeared to change from a lighter blue to a lighter green color; immediately followed by a definite orange "shower" as it fragmented while continuing to follow the same trajectory (although it appeared to slow somewhat during termination). |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Turned from light green to orange, a bit like an actual ball of fire, and appeared to slow, just a bit, as it fragmented into several (approximately 6 or 7) pieces with each following the same general trajectory however each fragment definitely arced towards the earth separately after initial fragmentation. |