Reports Report 280b (Event 280-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Randy A |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I believe this is the first fireball i ever have seen. Thought it was meteor until i googled it. It was amazing and what set it off from anything else was the trail of fire and the closeness of it. Looked like it was only several hundred yards away. I work 2nd shift job and was driving home. Not sure if I caught the actual beginning of it or just when it came into view from my truck windshield. It was falling straight down over a sub-division area. It will be interesting to hear if anyone finds any debris. Probably burned up but the 'flash' was quite close to ground - I'd guess a few hundred feet. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Grand Blanc, MI |
| Latitude | 42° 56' 51.83'' N (42.94773°) |
| Longitude | 83° 35' 53.5'' W (-83.598194°) |
| Elevation | 257.895233m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-02-09 01:20 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-02-09 06:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 35.07° |
| First azimuth | 43.22° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 38.41° |
| Last elevation | 3° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Right before it ended, it looked like everything was breaking up and flaming on. Bright flash. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | About halfway from time I first saw it until it ended, I saw a big chunk break off and flame brightly, and a split-second later the rest of it kind of blew up in flames. The whole time smaller pieces were flaming off from it too. |