Reports Report 1281k (Event 1281-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tim |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | traveled leftward with an apparent angle of attack of -20 to -35 degrees. orange. appeared instantly, just as it disappeared. burned up over what i would have to guess to be right over the downtown area of Kalamazoo, with the apparent speed and angle would have had it land somewhere in Richland. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kalamazoo, MI |
| Latitude | 42° 15' 55.04'' N (42.265289°) |
| Longitude | 85° 40' 8.26'' W (-85.668962°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-11-04 20:40 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-11-05 00:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 54.57707° |
| First azimuth | 73.40039° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 42.55214° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | besides the streak, there was nothing else visible due to the car dealership's lights |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the object stayed in one part will it disappeared, there was no \'flash\' but given that it just all together vanished without dimming makes me assume that there was a dim flash before going totally out. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |