Reports Report 3465q (Event 3465-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | JEANNE S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I observed this at 2:21 a.m. on my nightly trip to the 'loo'. Behind our home is a large field, edged in tall mature trees. Mt. Monadnock looms beyond the horizon and is visible from our house. I usually glance out the window to notice what I can see in the moonlight. There were many, many stars out last night when this happened. All sorts of formations. The sky was extremely clear. All of a sudden, this fireball dropped straight down out of the sky, and before reaching the ground surface, it exploded into the bright white/light greenish orb. I could clearly see a trail of black smoke above the fireball as it descended. It all happened very fast. The explosion was like a hundred flashbulbs going off at the same time. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Dublin, NH |
| Latitude | 42° 53' 48.12'' N (42.896699°) |
| Longitude | 72° 3' 44.4'' W (-72.062332°) |
| Elevation | 472.62m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-11-17 02:21 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-11-17 07:21 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 232.43° |
| First azimuth | 63.36° |
| First elevation | 9° |
| Last azimuth | 71.95° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | Light Green, Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | A column of dark smoke straight up and down, as the fireball appeared dropping straight from the point of vision to just above the ground surface where it exploded (sort of) into the brightest white-greenish light. Then the smoke trail broke off in different directions when the orange/yellow fireball blew up. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the orange/yellow fireball turned the brightest white/light greenish ball I've ever seen. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |