Reports Report 4925d (Event 4925-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lindsay Z |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | As I mentioned before, we were initially driving along the highway and both my husband and I saw what we thought was a roman candle firework gone wrong, heading for a grouping of trees among the farm fields. As we thought about it more, and talked about what we just saw, we realized the trajectory was not right at all for any find of firework (unless it had been shot for the sky). It was also too fast, and too bright. From what we can tell, it went out just as it neared the tops of the trees. There were no other fireworks or people in the area. As we discussed it further, and both agreed about what we saw and how puzzling it was, we couldn't think of any other thing it could be. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Drayton, ND |
| Latitude | 48° 30' 8.19'' N (48.502274°) |
| Longitude | 97° 11' 24.94'' W (-97.19026°) |
| Elevation | 245.313416m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-10-06 19:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-10-07 00:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 66° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 359.61° |
| First azimuth | 61.52° |
| First elevation | 22° |
| Last azimuth | 30.45° |
| Last elevation | 5° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I'm new at this so not entirely sure, but if fragmentation is the tail, that's what we saw. We thought it was possibly a roman candle firework gone wrong until we realized the trajectory was way off for that, it was too fast, and too bright. And there were no other fireworks or people in the area. |