Reports Report 2590f (Event 2590-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alison M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | When I got home, I turned on the news to see if there were reports of an airplane or helicopter crash in the area. When there wasn't, I called a friend who suggested it could have been a meteor. Looking at videos online, I'm pretty certain now that it is what I witnessed. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Yonkers, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 55' 50.02'' N (40.930561°) |
| Longitude | 73° 51' 10.88'' W (-73.853022°) |
| Elevation | 49.018238m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-10-06 21:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-10-07 01:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 290.11° |
| First azimuth | 289.44° |
| First elevation | 68° |
| Last azimuth | 289.12° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Light Green then burst to white as it descended, with large tail. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The train was bright white, and quite wide as well as long. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The green ball burst into white (I thought it was a plane or a helicopter exploding) |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I had to google this to understand what fragmentation is. I did witness the green ball of white exploding, and it looked to grow about 10x in size when this happened. |