Reports Report 1227ai (Event 1227-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cassandra W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was in the car with my boyfriend driving down Tunnel Road near the Asheville Mall, I saw it for what seemed like a while and I was yelling at my boyfriend to look at it, but he was driving, and never saw it. I was freaking out, it had to of landed somewhere in East Asheville, it was pretty low and zooming through the sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Asheville, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 35' 9.69'' N (35.586026°) |
| Longitude | 82° 31' 42.54'' W (-82.528482°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-10-24 19:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-10-24 23:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 89.46691° |
| First azimuth | 96.77409° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 87.00485° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Bright orange, yellow and |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was in a car, couldn\'t hear a thing. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | the train was bright white and yellow and tapered off but you could see smaller debris in the train that were an even brighter yellow and even orange. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I\'m guessing fragmentation means debris? I just saw little things flying off the big glowing ball. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |