Reports Report 5311o (Event 5311-2016)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 5311-2016
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Melanie S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | The map is wrong. I live on Beech St in Kenova, WV. The Ohio river is directly across the street from me. The explosion of light was somewhere across the river on the Ohio side, right above the horizon line. This was not lightning. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kenova, WV |
| Latitude | 38° 24' 22.45'' N (38.41°) |
| Longitude | 82° 33' 52.6'' W (-82.56°) |
| Elevation | 190.66m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-12-26 21:00 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-12-27 02:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 192° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 27.25° |
| First azimuth | 68.64° |
| First elevation | 13° |
| Last azimuth | 37.16° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -19 |
| Color | Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A loud bang, like thunder but shorter |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | A second loud bang |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | We didn't see the actual fire ball, we saw the flash. It was like a very bright light, like lightning, but it was almost as if it came up from the horizon in a half moon shape, the rounded dome upward. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |