Reports Report 3660bg (Event 3660-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | TRACY S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I spend a great deal of time in a high vantage point with no artificial light at night checking my horses in fields at night every night, I have kept an eye to the sky for meteors all my life very casually, this was extraordinary, I wasn't looking up, just getting out of my car and saw it to the side of our stable block as I was opening the car door, it was quite low on the horizon, I really could not work out what it was until the tail appeared. It was a huge ball of intense light which at first seemed to be semi-static which suggests to me it was on a direct trajectory, the tail appeared as it started to drop. I have never seen one like this. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Thursley, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 51° 8' 27.54'' N (51.140983°) |
| Longitude | 0° 43' 14.43'' W (-0.720675°) |
| Elevation | 130.429077m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-06-27 00:26 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-06-26 23:26 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 155° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 281.45° |
| First azimuth | 280.56° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 280.42° |
| Last elevation | 27° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | It was brilliant white/light yellow with a yellow/gold and blue aura |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | It was a thick train which followed probably about 5 seconds after the fireball which was huge, I have never seen one like it. It was a little larger than the size of an army flare (which I see regularly at about a 1 mile distance). The train lasted about three seconds then became glittery, I could see numerous large fragments. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was huge and brilliant, very bright intense light, it seemed to be heading toward me directly. when the tail appeared it was very thick and looked like a solid line of light, then it started to fragment and as above looked glittery before it faded, I saw many large fragments. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |