Reports Report 5736q (Event 5736-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sandy L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The short contrail was the only thing in the sky and drew my attention to it. I live on a hilltop and was sitting on my porch. I looked to see if there were other contrails…we have lots of overhead plane activity. There were none. Then came the flash. I noted the time on my cell phone. Then I watched the trail for several minutes until it dissolved into two small clouds. The trails were going directly east, about 1/2-2/3 above the mountain horizon. There was no fireball or orange color. Nothing was seen except the trails and then the flash. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Belington, WV |
| Latitude | 39° 5' 19.07'' N (39.088631°) |
| Longitude | 79° 58' 42.01'' W (-79.978337°) |
| Elevation | 604.904541m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-09-17 10:24 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-09-17 14:24 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 79° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 74.59° |
| First azimuth | 75.04° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 82.48° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -26 |
| Color | White-blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Trail was there before flash, lasted more than a minute and after the flash, dissolved into a series of puffy clouds, then two transparent small white clouds. This was against a clear blue sky. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Flash looked geometric…triangle-rectangular, white-blue. I thought it might have been the sun hitting an airplane or an explosion. That’s why I noted the time. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |