Reports Report 548q (Event 548-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | heather |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The people who were with me at the drive-in thought it was a flare someone had fired off. I have seen meteors of the same relative size before and ironically, in the same town. I knew it was a meteor. I am pretty sure everyone who was at the drive-in saw the object. It was in the town of Shinnston/Gyspy, WV, at the Sunset Ellis drive-in. Rio and the Pirates of the Caribbean were playing and I could estimate at least about 25 to 35 cars being there. Most of the people were sitting outside of their cars to watch the movies. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Shinnston, WV |
| Latitude | 39° 21' 32.78'' N (39.359105°) |
| Longitude | 80° 18' 58.61'' W (-80.316281°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-05-29 23:04 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-05-30 03:04 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 97.45117° |
| First azimuth | 93.71739° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 99.56784° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I didn\'t \"hear\" anything, but more like felt vibrations (only way I can explain it) a few seconds after the initial flash of light. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | I can\'t judge the length or details of the train accurately because the object was behind the tree line from our position. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I was watching a movie at the drive-in and noticed the whole sky lit up like it was daylight. I looked back over my shoulder and noticed what appeared be a meteor. To me it looked like it was going up and then it started falling back down. It was bright green and falling very fast and was very, very bright. I saw slight fragmentation, but my view quickly became obstructed by the tree line. I could still see the object through the trees, but could not see anything else but a bright light falling. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |