Reports Report 2449ahx (Event 2449-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brian K |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Speed, angle and duration and length of "tail" not consistent with other meteors/fireballs I've witnessed- could have been space debris/defunct satellite, or even a mis-fired failed ballistic missle test firing- also of note- a fire started the next day in Darrington where I witnessed the event and the next day after that copious smoke from the BC wildfires began to pour into the Puguet Sound area- the same direction to where the fireball was traveling- NW up to Canada/BC strange coincidence? |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Arlington, WA |
| Latitude | 48° 16' 3.79'' N (48.267719°) |
| Longitude | 121° 43' 8.92'' W (-121.719145°) |
| Elevation | 141.098m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-07-29 21:46 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-07-30 04:46 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 98° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 167.94° |
| First azimuth | 144.44° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 305.79° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | At the end of the duration of the visible tail and ball head it split into 3 small, round, even circular balls that were light luminescent blue- each ball appeared to split away evenly but then disappeared? Or were non visible after that |