American Meteor Society

Reports Report 7380j (Event 7380-2020)

Observer
Name Indy S
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Park City, UT
Latitude 40° 40' 14.92'' N (40.670812°)
Longitude 111° 37' 27.81'' W (-111.624393°)
Elevation 2838.856445m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2020-12-04 17:15 MST
UT Date & Time 2020-12-05 00:15 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 246°
Moving
Facing azimuth 60.53°
First azimuth 322.96°
First elevation 35°
Last azimuth 115.96°
Last elevation -
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -10
Color Light Blue, Orange, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 1s
Length 10°
Remarks It was a glowing train it was pretty wide and long it was very bright and we couldn’t finish watching it fall because it went behind the mountains. This is the second viewer and I saw the end of it right before it disappeared behind mountain and it looked like something on fire falling from sky with some smoke behind it.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks Boom 💥 and looked like something on fire falling out of sky.