Stoked to (possibly) have seen my second fireball in the span of less than one year. Lucky!
Location
Address
Seattle, WA
Latitude
47° 33' 31.24'' N (47.558677°)
Longitude
122° 20' 22.03'' W (-122.339452°)
Elevation
5.334m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-05-03 20:47 PDT
UT Date & Time
2018-05-04 03:47 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
276°
Moving
Facing azimuth
1.15°
First azimuth
128.74°
First elevation
29°
Last azimuth
0.88°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-17
Color
Light Blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I was in a car with the windows open and thought i heard a delayed boom similar to the one I heard with the July 29th fireball. I could be reporting hearing the noise as a false positive since I was in a moving car with various other noisy distractions, so take it with a grain of salt.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
20°
Remarks
Glowing train then poofy smoke, then it disappeared.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Disappeared violently into a streak across the sky