| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Angela H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | very amazing event, enough for me to look online to report it |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tulia, TX |
| Latitude | 34° 32' 51.95'' N (34.547763°) |
| Longitude | 101° 46' 16.85'' W (-101.771348°) |
| Elevation | 1064.727417m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-09-02 05:49 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-09-02 10:49 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 315° |
| First azimuth | 305° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 325° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6s |
| Length | 18° |
| Remarks | very wide glowing train, that glowed for at least 6 seconds or more very brightly, then it began to fade over the next 6 to 8 seconds, it lit up the entire sky like a flash of lightning. I was looking straight in the direction when it occurred, my friend had his back to it and thought it was a strike of lightning because of the flash of light . I have never seen one this huge EVER in my life |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | it was extremely wide and the fragmentation light burned for quite a while, it just hung in the sky |