Reports Report 2468k (Event 2468-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christopher C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This was either the brightest plane ever, or a comet, not sure how something could be so bright. Not blinking. Huge trails behind it. If the trails were 2 fists held at arms length the bright object must have been a quarter of my pinky nail in size at arms length. It was very slow but seemed very far away, yet I could see how much of the sky it lit up. I asked a man walking to the gym if he sees that and he paused for a min with me and said “yea that’s no plane wth is that” |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Charlotte, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 12' 52.8'' N (35.214666°) |
| Longitude | 80° 48' 6.74'' W (-80.801871°) |
| Elevation | 203.397644m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-04-23 05:55 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-04-23 09:55 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 265° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 117.63° |
| First azimuth | 120.78° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 100.29° |
| Last elevation | 50° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | White, Very Bright, Cutting through huge part of sky, looked like trail behind |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 60s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | smoke trail, glowing, like cutting through fog, white dots like rain or snow in it |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |