Reports Report 285d (Event 285-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | David C |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I think these objects must have been fairly large and far out to sea. It took a total of 20 or seconds to traverse from roughly due West where I first noticed them to roughly due North where they disappeared, giving the impression of low-flying aircraft, but I saw through binoculars that it was a cluster of luminous objects with less bright tails, moving roughly together, though not perfectly in a line. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tillamook, OR |
| Latitude | 45° 30' 18.4'' N (45.505112°) |
| Longitude | 123° 56' 47.43'' W (-123.946508°) |
| Elevation | 7.803649m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-01-15 01:01 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-01-15 09:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 95° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 280.96° |
| First azimuth | 278.54° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 343.68° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 7° |
| Remarks | Dimly glowing train - more dim than the balls themselves |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There were a few clear cases of ejecta falling more acutely downward than the main group of moving objects |