Reports Report 5151s (Event 5151-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zachary W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was very strange and I filled this out to the best of my ability, but I feel being able to talk to someone of what I saw would be more helpful, I initially thought it was a spacecraft, and still am in awe a fireball that close could move at those speeds. As well as just how it acted compared to footage I looked up of fireballs to compare it as I initially had no idea of what i saw. It was almost directly above me. And as I said it was very... “intense feeling”. Just made me feel uneasy. I think that’s it |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Columbus, OH |
| Latitude | 40° 8' 23.34'' N (40.139818°) |
| Longitude | 82° 58' 35.94'' W (-82.976651°) |
| Elevation | 275.552887m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-08-28 23:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-08-29 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 101° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 83.21° |
| First azimuth | 83.94° |
| First elevation | 64° |
| Last azimuth | 80.65° |
| Last elevation | 72° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Primary Light Green, Secondary Yellow, Sparking Shades of White and Blue. Looked out of this world. The most beautiful thing I have ever seen.Very bright. Still bright while in a hotel parking lot. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Hard to explain, I have hearing damage, but I know I heard something, or maybe kind of “felt” it in my earlobes. It wd very intense. The green Fireball was nearly right above me, very large, maybe an inch across from my perspective, I felt... uneasy when it passed. Was so bright. and intense. Second sound of a boom after too. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Yes, there was a rather loud sonic boom type of sound after the “inaudible” sound (bad hearing and out of my range but there was FORSURE a sound nearly a second or few after I saw it, just very faint in my ears. Sorry if confusing, it was just very intense. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 12° |
| Remarks | Glowing train, faint green, white, yellow, blue |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | At the end it dispersed seemingly towards the horizon, seemed very close. Flash was yellowish and blue ish and white. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |