Reports Report 2142ad (Event 2142-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Melinda A |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | at first I thought I was seeing an airplane coming in with its landing lights on through a cloud. When the Sun came up I realized there were no clouds, there was only haze. I had a sense that it was moving slowly but that may have been because it was moving almost directly toward me. I was surprised how big the veil of luminescence was and how long it stayed unmoving, slowly dimming, in the sky. Long enough for me to think that isn't an airplane. And get my camera ready in the dark. Can i send the photo? |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Minden, NV |
| Latitude | 39° 3' 28.11'' N (39.057807°) |
| Longitude | 119° 44' 28.64'' W (-119.741289°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-09-12 06:00 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-09-12 13:00 UT |
| Duration | ? |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 45° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 135° |
| First azimuth | 135° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 270° |
| Last elevation | 43° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 45s |
| Length | 12° |
| Remarks | and incandescent Trail much wider than the fireball itself, spreading out behind it. It spread out quite a bit to the south south east as it traveled towards me north north east. The train persisted for about a minute after the fireball winked out, spread over quite a distance. I have a photo of it after the fireball disappeared. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |