Reports Report 5497a (Event 5497-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Erin P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I have tried to find info online ever since to see if anyone else saw what I saw, I’ve looked for publicly reported asteroids, meteors, anything to validate what I saw and nothing until a YouTube video mentioned this site and found others in the area reported seeing it on the same date. I was walking my dog in front of the house and watched it appear and disappear. It was still daylight but not much, not dark yet. What’s interesting is I was walking my dog with another person and they couldn’t see it even when looking in the direction, me pointing and it wasn’t visible to them. Probably why I’ve never stopped searching, Can’t explain why they didn’t see it but I finally found the Proof I wasn’t crazy and really saw something! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Marietta, GA |
| Latitude | 34° 3' 0.39'' N (34.050107°) |
| Longitude | 84° 29' 19.77'' W (-84.488826°) |
| Elevation | 315.244537m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-19 06:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-19 10:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 278° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 178.74° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 182.04° |
| Last elevation | 34° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | No smoke, just a glowing train that lasted 4 seconds. I was walking my dog and saw it moving perpendicular across the sky, not directed down . I’ve been looking online for years trying to find if anyone else saw it and found this website! It was close in proximity and visible for 4-6 seconds. Orange reddish fireball with orange and white train. No visible smoke. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Just saw the fireball appear and then the train behind it. No fragmented parts. Just 1 object that quite literally appeared as a fireball traveling across the sky, not down. Fireball visible for a split sec or 2 before train appeared. Straight across then disappeared in the sky. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |