Reports Report 5814b (Event 5814-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brett R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This object was large enough even at the distance I viewed it from to say most likely at least some part of it could potentially have made it to earth. I did take notice that there was an aircraft flying in the general direction of where I viewed the object in the sky. The plane was traveling from my left field of vision, to my right. It took the plane approximately 8 seconds to reach the point in the sky which would intersect the path between my location, and the object. The pilot(s) of that aircraft would most likely have been able to see this phenomenon in the sky to their left from the direction they were flying. It was too bright to miss, and it was on such a large scale that as a size comparison, the commercial aircraft from where I saw it, was about 1/30th the size of the entire event (fireball to tail end of broken pieces and "sparks" i witnessed in the distance. It was easily the second largest if not the largest meteor I've ever witnessed in my life. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Belvidere, NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 48' 13.21'' N (40.803669°) |
| Longitude | 75° 4' 38.61'' W (-75.077392°) |
| Elevation | 100.880684m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-11-22 17:50 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-11-22 22:50 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 213° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 21.62° |
| First azimuth | 22.12° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 19.11° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | When object appeared in my field of vision, there was a flash lasting maybe 2-3 hundreths of a second which is what immediately drew my attention to it |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash was immediately followed by a trailing shower of sparks that appeared to spread out 3-5 times wider than the object and trailed 15-18 times the length of the object, which burned out within half a second or less of the object vanishing. |