Reports Report 2265a (Event 2265-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sue R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | 4 of us saw it. No one has ever seen anything this bright or this close up. Looked nothing like a "shooting star" and it was much slower than meteors I have seen before. We could see flames around the ball and explosions in the tail. It blew apart before ground contact. We heard no sounds but we were so loud and excited if it did make noise... we made more. One thought it was space junk coming back to earth. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Philipsburg, MT |
| Latitude | 46° 14' 51.48'' N (46.247634°) |
| Longitude | 113° 35' 21.59'' W (-113.589331°) |
| Elevation | 1699.763306m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-14 22:15 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-15 04:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 263.47° |
| First azimuth | 258.46° |
| First elevation | 9° |
| Last azimuth | 295.47° |
| Last elevation | 3° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | 3 explosions in tail and the object blew apart into at least 3 parts |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | largest part went down into the mountains smaller parts continues on in NW direction and disappears |