Reports Report 4093a (Event 4093-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | K J |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was closer and larger than any I’ve ever seen and there seem to be a significant amount of material falling after the explosion, I would be surprised if some material could be found. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kalama, WA |
| Latitude | 45° 56' 40.21'' N (45.944504°) |
| Longitude | 122° 46' 38.14'' W (-122.77726°) |
| Elevation | 10.228m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-10-30 00:39 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-10-30 07:39 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 341.74° |
| First azimuth | 343.35° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 349.67° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Saw ball of white light with a sparkling fragmented tail of white (then blue and green “glitter”) and smoke for 3/4 of the way then it burst into a huge diamond shapees glow of white light with blue and green around the edges, then a smaller “tail” of glowing material and smoke continued to fall before disappearing. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Saw ball of white light with a sparkling fragmented tail of white (then blue and green “glitter”) and smoke for 3/4 of the way then it burst into a huge diamond shapees glow of white light with blue and green around the edges, then a smaller “tail” of glowing material and smoke continued to fall before disappearing. |