This report has been linked to the following event: Event 31-2019
Observer
Name
Chris L
Experience Level
3/5
Remarks
It was super close to me! Within 1 miles for sure!!! The whole sighting lasted 3-8 seconds!!! It lit up the sky like it was mid-day!!! It was moving nearly straight up and down but seemed to move slower than others I have seen. The absolute best sighting of my life because it was so very close!!! I saw everything in great detail!!!
Location
Address
Bridgeport, CT
Latitude
41° 10' 19.11'' N (41.17°)
Longitude
73° 11' 28.46'' W (-73.19°)
Elevation
6.35m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2019-01-09 06:34 EST
UT Date & Time
2019-01-09 11:34 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
192°
Moving
Facing azimuth
246.11°
First azimuth
213.86°
First elevation
67°
Last azimuth
193.07°
Last elevation
8°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-21
Color
Orange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
30°
Remarks
Glowing trail immediately following the glowing object dimming to nothing the farther away from object you go. Maybe a foot long at arms length in my view.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The object got extremely bright!! Lit up the sky like it was daytime!!! It then exploded into 3-4 pices with 1 pice the majority of the object and 2-3 smaller pices. Again it began to get extremely bright and exploded a 2nd time!!!! Breaking into a cluster of glowing pices before going down out of sight behind the buildings on the coastline.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The object exploded twice!!! The first time breaking up from 1 whole pice into 3 or 4 pices, with one large pice and 2-3 small pices. Then exploding again into many small piece before going out of sight behind buildings.
