Observer | |
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Name | Jim S |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | No |
Location | |
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Address | Port Orange, FL |
Latitude | 29° 7' 33.36'' N (29.125933°) |
Longitude | 81° 1' 47.81'' W (-81.029947°) |
Elevation | 8.103086m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2021-04-12 22:15 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2021-04-13 02:15 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 213° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 109.17° |
First azimuth | 111.42° |
First elevation | 69° |
Last azimuth | 99.94° |
Last elevation | 13° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | I ride my Bicycle late at night for exercise when I saw the brightest object I ever seen in the sky. The streak was almost a 1/4 in. In width at the top, mid way down it exploded into a ball, about half the size of a full harvest moon. After this it maintain the same course, but was a little wider then when I first sighted object. I thought I heard 3 or 4 sonic booms, about 2 to 4 seconds after event. They were mild concussion’s. That short sound delay, would place it close to the coast. The sounds were low volume, and I wear hearing aids, almost on the level of pressure sensation and not hearing. I thought at the time that the sound could be my imagination. I dial 911, because I thought it might be a space launch that had gone wrong; that call is on my phone at 10:15pm, and a few minutes later I called channel 2 news. The explosion (burst) made me think it could be man made craft, and the speed was far slower then a meteor, but far faster then an airplane. My gut tells me it was man-made. |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Half way through its decent, it seemed to slow and burst into a fuzzy ball, then continued on its same course. The fuzz I took as burning material. It was brighter then a full moon, but half the size. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |