Reports Report 637a (Event 637-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amy |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Super bright round ball, thought it was a tail light from a lower flying plane, but no flashing lights, no afterburn sound & thought it was strange to have such a bright light shining off the back of an airplane. Then it started to fade & turn red. (I thought the plane was turning & the light was going out of view), then it almost disappeared & fell into pieces, sparks, and faded out. Too cool! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Verona, IL |
| Latitude | 41° 13' 1.34'' N (41.21704°) |
| Longitude | 88° 30' 5.34'' W (-88.501482°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-06-28 22:30 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-06-29 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90.93898° |
| First azimuth | 92.48939° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 102.42573° |
| Last elevation | 90° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | white to red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 2° |
| Remarks | The train was fading from bright white to a smaller red solid circle that slowly faded & fell apart into spark-like particles. The particles then burnt out. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | the last visible thing I saw, were red sparkly particles that faded away rather quickly |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |