Reports Report 3737os (Event 3737-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lisa P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I had no idea what I was seeing - it did not look like a shooting star because it was falling to the ground. I was driving at night in a rural area surrounded by fields. I commented about it on facebook and a friend said her two sons saw something too. Two very bright flashes of light in the sky that I though were lightning caught my attention, then saw it out of the left corner of my eye. Turned my head to the left and saw a very bright, white ball of light falling that turned to smaller yellow-orange ball as it came close to the ground. I did not see it hit the ground, and did not see any light after that. It happened very fast. I was pretty freaked out by it. I thought what does a meteor look like, so I looked it up when I got home and saw some similar videos on youtube, my searches also brought me to this reporting. Very curious if that is what I saw. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sugarloaf, PA |
| Latitude | 41° 0' 8.32'' N (41.00231°) |
| Longitude | 76° 8' 48.16'' W (-76.14671°) |
| Elevation | 259.416m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-10-04 22:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-10-05 02:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 141° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 80.79° |
| First azimuth | 354.88° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 359.8° |
| Last elevation | 6° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw the sky light up with what looked like 2 flashes of lightning as I was driving and saw something out of the corner of my eye and immediately looked to the left to see a bright white ball of light falling the going to a smaller yellow orange ball as it neared the ground. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |