Reports Report 43dh (Event 43-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jamie L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Bone chilling experience, we have been beside ourselves trying to explain what happened and I told some coworkers this morning at work, one other person had witnessed the event and another friend sent me a link to the cbc news story. Very well done report, thank you. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Oxdrift, Ontario (CA) |
| Latitude | 49° 50' 42.8'' N (49.845221°) |
| Longitude | 93° 1' 38.36'' W (-93.027323°) |
| Elevation | 364.582794m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-01-03 21:30 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-01-04 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 193.49° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 173.81° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Light Yellow, the whole sky to the south out our picture window was lit up for 2 to 3 seconds |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | glowing sky to the south of our house like sheet lightning in the summer |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | this was not a fireball but more of the whole sky view out our picture window to the south lit up and lasted long enough for my wife and I to look at each other and say do you see that and what is it and then it was gone |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |