Reports Report 4093b (Event 4093-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Stephenie R |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Facing North and a few degrees West I was looking at the slightly foggy horizon between the trees in my neighbourhood while awaiting my Uber driver's arrival. Roughly 12:35am on October 30th, 2017 I saw a decently good sized comet or fireball fall through the sky directly parallel with the direction I was facing. It was extremely bright, nearly lit up the sky almost as bright as the moon. The light trail it created wasn't a fading trail most tiny "shooting stars" create, I almost thought I could see a flame-like trail. It seemed big enough to see the actual rock burning as it was falling. The sighting lasted no more than 3 seconds. It was something I had never seen with my own eyes, it almost seemed like something someone would see in a movie, but this wasn't a movie, or a dream, I was wide awake. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Olympia, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 3' 49.91'' N (47.063864°) |
| Longitude | 122° 57' 0.58'' W (-122.950162°) |
| Elevation | 82.482m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-10-30 00:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-10-30 07:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 179° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 345.74° |
| First azimuth | 351.61° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 355.47° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |