Reports Report 3583e (Event 3583-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Darren R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Originally facing south/east on a high hill with no light polution, a sudden, bright white flash lit up the sky, bright as, or brighter than lightning, but soundless, spun west, then north in time to see an incredibly bright white streak, at least thumbnail sized streaking through the sky in a northerly direction. In the time between the initial lighting of the sky and catching site of the fireball, it looked like it could have fragmented just before, or during, lasted a few seconds then vanished. 4 minutes later two successive dull thuds were heard far off to the North. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Dalguise, Scotland (GB) |
| Latitude | 56° 36' 58.76'' N (56.616322°) |
| Longitude | 3° 39' 30.47'' W (-3.658464°) |
| Elevation | 233.145203m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-07-21 01:14 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-07-21 00:14 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 174° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 8.02° |
| First azimuth | 332.55° |
| First elevation | 59° |
| Last azimuth | 7.53° |
| Last elevation | 32° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | approximately 4 minutes after the bright flash and fireball streak two, close together "Thud" noises "Thud, Thud" |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Before seeing the streak the was a bright, white flash, enough to light the sky like lightning. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After seeing the flash, turning, North, saw the streak downwards and it looked as if it fragmented, but was burning extremely bright white. possibly fragmented just before, or just as I saw the streak, after the sky lit up |