| Observer |
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| Name | David F |
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| Experience Level | 3/5 |
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| Remarks | First time ever seeing anything like this. Remarkable enough that I got online to see if it was anything significant. |
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| Location |
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| Address | Metaline Falls, WA |
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| Latitude | 48° 51' 45.14'' N (48.86°) |
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| Longitude | 117° 22' 56.51'' W (-117.38°) |
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| Elevation | 727.74m |
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| Time and Duration |
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| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-17 05:25 PST |
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| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-17 13:25 UT |
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| Duration | ≈7.5s |
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| Direction |
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| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
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| Descent Angle | 233° |
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| Moving |
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| Facing azimuth | 42.29° |
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| First azimuth | 77.91° |
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| First elevation | 30° |
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| Last azimuth | 66.9° |
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| Last elevation | 25° |
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| Brightness and color |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
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| Color | Blue, Dark Green |
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| Concurrent Sound |
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| Observation | Unknown |
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| Remarks | - |
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| Delayed Sound |
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| Observation | No |
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| Remarks | - |
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| Persistent train |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Duration | 60s |
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| Length | 15° |
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| Remarks | Glowing train, smoke started drifting east-southeast. |
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| Terminal flash |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | Driving at the time. Initially thought it was lightning (but it was approx 20 deg F) or power transformer blowing. Pulled over on road to look. |
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| Fragmentation |
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| Observation | Yes |
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| Remarks | Bright flash for about half a second and appeared to disintegrate. |
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