Reports Report 5099a (Event 5099-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bruce B |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I shoot Area 51 every 2 weeks,, so I more or less a freelance investigate journalist. So in all the times I been out there I never saw a green ball of bright light, travel straight down from the sky 180degrees to the earth. I seen a million shooting stars, but this one was the strangest one I ever seen. I would suspect it was about 3 miles from my location at Black Mail Box due North up Hwy 375 at 130am on July 14 2019,, I will have to look at my files for the |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rachel, NV |
| Latitude | 37° 29' 25.26'' N (37.49035°) |
| Longitude | 115° 18' 6.91'' W (-115.301919°) |
| Elevation | 1362.476929m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-07-13 01:30 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-07-13 08:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 245° |
| First azimuth | 245° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 245° |
| Last elevation | 90° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | The green fireball had a trail about 3 seconds long and looked very slow coming to earth, no explosion of any kind was seen. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |