Reports Report 643s (Event 643-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Max O |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was in a car driving with my partner and roommate heading south, so I could not hear any sound and my partner witnessed the same observations. My roommate who was looking out the left window did not. The event appeared in a straight line from start to end heading down towards the mountains and began and ended in view. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Layton, UT |
| Latitude | 41° 4' 37.35'' N (41.077041°) |
| Longitude | 111° 58' 47.13'' W (-111.979759°) |
| Elevation | 1349.423828m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-02-07 18:14 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-02-08 01:14 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 177° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 127.86° |
| First azimuth | 121.45° |
| First elevation | 43° |
| Last azimuth | 121.34° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Glowing train that faded evenly, tapered with the widest point where terminal flash occurred and most narrow point at start of trajectory |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Started white and turned to a very bright orange with yellow at the center, flaring out in all directions in an uneven pattern and appearing like a fireball, before turning light yellow and back to white evenly. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After the flash, two or three bright white fragments split from the blast and flowed downward, angled in different directions from the flash (one straight down and very slightly to the left, one to the left at about a 45 degree angle, and a tiny one somewhere to the right), and faded very quickly. Could be described like sparks from liquid metal. |