Reports Report 140n (Event 140-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Drew L |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I've never seen anything like this before. I've seen shooting stars in the sky when I was way out in the countryside away from the city lights, but this was incredibly brighter and seems liked it was less than a mile in front of me. I'm even thinking about contacting the property owner to see if I can search his farm for the meteorite. I'd love to see exactly what came down out of the sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Monrovia, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 22' 41.04'' N (39.378066°) |
| Longitude | 77° 16' 0.03'' W (-77.266674°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-01-28 22:00 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-01-29 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 109.25816° |
| First azimuth | 106.82597° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 108.89203° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | White/Red/Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was in my car with the stereo on. I have a converible so I can hear more of the road noise and such, but I didn\\\\\\\'t hear any sound associated with this event. Perhaps my music was too loud, or perhaps it did not make a large noise. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | It looked like a professional firework was launched 150' above the tree line straight at the ground. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As described in the train section, it looked like a firework launched from up in the sky towards the ground, but the terminal flash did not look like a firework going off. I thought it was rather weak, but it was reddish while the train was white. It looked like there were some small reddish fragments at the bottom. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |