Reports Report 1878o (Event 1878-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Quenton C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | In my 35 years of living and having seen many of shooting stars or meteors growing up, I have to say that this blew me the heck away and almost frightened as well as captivated me because I honestly have NEVER seen anything like this before in my life. I had to stop and pray. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Ferndale, WA |
| Latitude | 48° 51' 6.2'' N (48.851722°) |
| Longitude | 122° 35' 17.44'' W (-122.588178°) |
| Elevation | 13.296727m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-08-18 22:10 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-08-19 05:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 2.02° |
| First azimuth | 130.64° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 1.45° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Light Blue, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 7s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | I don't know quite how long the train was, but I do know that I saw a very distinct glowing train with a thick grey smoke train behind the glow. It look like an aircraft engulfed in flames as it was plummeting at an angle across the sky. I am still bugging out about how low to the ground it seemed to be! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |