Reports Report 5322b (Event 5322-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Michael L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was one of the brightest that I have seen in years… maybe the second brightest since childhood, late 1960’s Chicopee Ma we saw a very bright yellow fire ball traveling across the sky from right to left almost a perfect horizontal line. We might have been facing North, NorthEast! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Westfield, MA |
| Latitude | 42° 10' 58.6'' N (42.182945°) |
| Longitude | 72° 41' 45.35'' W (-72.695931°) |
| Elevation | 78.18557m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-11-30 01:25 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-11-30 06:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 195.84° |
| First azimuth | 10° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 195.99° |
| Last elevation | 55° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A long streak and trailing debris with a flash at termination |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Trailing immediately behind the fireball |