Fireball report

Reports Report 1103p (Event 1103-2012)

Observer
Name	Bonnie
Experience Level	1/5
Remarks	was awesome to see such a thing.

Location
Address	Creston, WA
Latitude	47° 46' 0.11'' N (47.766698°)
Longitude	118° 28' 49.38'' W (-118.480382°)
Elevation	-

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2012-08-07 22:15 PDT
UT Date & Time	2012-08-08 05:15 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From right to left
Descent Angle	270°

Moving
Facing azimuth	181.39718°
First azimuth	137.81544°
First elevation	45°
Last azimuth	269.45991°
Last elevation	38°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	1
Color	orange

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	Yes
Remarks	after the two flashes of blue light. We heard what appeared to be an explosion. Between the observation of the ball and the blue lights around 10 seconds or less, and the 5 seconds maybe, then the explosion.

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-1s
Length	10°
Remarks	saw a round ball of orange with glowing orange train. Disappeared over the skyline,

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	saw 2 flashes of blue light and then an explosion.

Fragmentation
Observation	No
Remarks	-

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