Reports Report 1916ab (Event 1916-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Russell Z |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | With respect to how high in the sky this fireball was, it may help to know that our property has 4 tall fir trees (130-150 feet tall) and this fireball passed behind the fir trees. These fir trees are nort-west of where we were. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Corvallis, OR |
| Latitude | 44° 32' 46.99'' N (44.546387°) |
| Longitude | 123° 17' 29.77'' W (-123.291604°) |
| Elevation | 98.133766m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-03-25 21:00 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-03-26 04:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 87° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 329.13° |
| First azimuth | 255.41° |
| First elevation | 22° |
| Last azimuth | 9.97° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Pink, Orange, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | 2 or more low frequency bangs. I feel like they were associated with pressure waves that hit my ears. They occurred 2-4 minutes after the sighting. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was as if there were fireworks coming off the main fireball, meaning there were sparks coming off. It also looked as if the main fireball was being trailed by several other fireballs (as many as 15?) with individual tails, making the combined tail extremely wide. |