Reports Report 2107ar (Event 2107-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Frank T |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving west on Bethany Home Road at about N 31st Ave on my way to Arbys on N 35th Ave when I saw the white streak in a downward trajectory right in front of me. Just before the horizon, whatever it was seemed to rotate to my right in what looked like a flaming wing that fell toward the horizon until it disappeared. There was no explosion on the ground that I could see and I heard no sound from the event. I looked at the clock in my car which read 10:15 (3 or 4 minutes slow). When I returned home, the news shows were transitioning to Leno, Letterman and Kimmel with no reports of a plane collision. I don't know whether it was a meteor or space junk re-entering the atmosphere or maybe some military night exercise but it was rather spectacular. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | PHOENIX, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 31' 26.4'' N (33.524°) |
| Longitude | 112° 7' 32.31'' W (-112.125642°) |
| Elevation | -1m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-12-07 22:18 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-12-08 05:18 UT |
| Duration | ? |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 270° |
| First azimuth | 270° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 270° |
| Last elevation | 5° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Started out like a bright shooting star but ended like a flaming wing parallel to he horizon. I didn't hear anything but I was thinking plane collision because of the way it finished up, that or space junk. Just not your avg shooting star. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |