Reports Report 1882dy (Event 1882-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Grim V |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The first flash lasted about 1.5-3 seconds, lighting up the sky like the sun. It then grew dim for about a second before it flashed again while fragmenting. My intial thought was that it was a lightning strike before I saw what it was and noticed zero cloud cover. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Surprise, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 43' 14.59'' N (33.72072°) |
| Longitude | 112° 24' 3.86'' W (-112.401072°) |
| Elevation | 427.58m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-06-02 03:56 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-06-02 10:56 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 153° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 83.68° |
| First azimuth | 80.09° |
| First elevation | 34° |
| Last azimuth | 82.08° |
| Last elevation | 16° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Blue, Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | About three minutes after the event my friend and I heard two deep booms about 1 second apart. Both being combat veterans, it reminded us of high payload ordnance exploding 10-20 miles away. The booms came from east of our position, where we had seen the fireball. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | - |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Bright orange/yellow/blue train, followed by a pale blue smoke trail roughly 40 degrees in length. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The last second and a half lit up the sky like the sun again. It flashed a couple times similar to a lighting flash. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | When it broke up, it looked as if three distinct fragments split from the center. |