 - 2012-Aug-27
- Time:
11:15PM BST - Location:
Caerleon, Newport, Wales NP18 1NT - Report:
FIREBALL SIGHTING JEFF PRESTON 11:15PM (BST) MON AUG 27 2012 CAERLEON NEWPORT WALES UK NP18 1NT Whilst looking Northeast. Path was W to E, beginning NW and ending ENE. It ran below the "W" of Cassiopeia and ended just after passing from left to right below it. Path was about 60 degrees elevation down to around 40. Approx 10 times brighter than Venus - am amateur astronomer - I know how bright Venus is. Flight path about 3 seconds. Flew across approx one quarter of sky. Green surrounded by orange and red. I heard a distinct boom long after the fireball - perhaps 30 to 50 seconds later. Almost no cloud in sky - not thunder. It was breaking up as I watched it. What I saw reminded me of the films of the Space Shuttle breaking up on re-entry with pieces breaking off and flying alongside the fireball. It faded away to nothing - appearing to have burnt up. END OF REPORT.
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