Reports Report 5418b (Event 5418-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | James M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | My fellow employee saw it too he was right next to me. It was a bright green fireball with an orange tail. We were standing outside the police station and it was flying low almost completely horizontal. For the first half-moment it had no tail, Just a bright green fireball. Then within that same instant it grew the tail. The whole thing, fireball and tail got brighter and more yellowish before the green fireball burst into pieces and the whole thing dissipated. Whole thing lasted max 4 or 5 seconds. We were astonished at how slow it seemed compared to typical shooting stars. I’ve seen those. But I’ve never seen anything like that. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Cape May, NJ |
| Latitude | 39° 0' 14.09'' N (39.003913°) |
| Longitude | 74° 54' 38.41'' W (-74.910669°) |
| Elevation | 6.106166m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-08-22 22:00 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-08-23 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 258° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 173.48° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 19° |
| Last azimuth | 147.85° |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The green fireball got brighter before it burst into fragments at the end of its path and the fragments contact forward branching out before the light disappeared. It also had a orange-ish tail. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The green fireball got brighter before it burst into fragments at the end of its path and the fragments contact forward branching out before the light disappeared. It also had a orange-ish tail. |