My daughter who lives near Grunthal in SE Manitoba called me this a.m. to tell me about her experience last night which was around the same time as my sighting. She saw two giant blue beams of light at the corner of her house. They were so bright that she thought that the police were in her yard for some kind of emergency. This lasted for at least 5 seconds. Then this a.m. her dogs started barking for no apparent reason. She told me that she heard what seemed like the sound that heating water makes as it nears the boiling point: "the sound of steam getting louder and louder" and then suddenly the sound was gone. So far there is no explanation for what she heard this a.m. (She heats with electricity so there is no noisy furnace in her house.) However, she does realize that the lights that she saw last night were probably related to the fireball.
Location
Address
Narol, Manitoba (CA)
Latitude
50° 3' 47.12'' N (50.063088°)
Longitude
96° 58' 16.27'' W (-96.971186°)
Elevation
226.850342m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-01-03 21:29 CST
UT Date & Time
2018-01-04 03:29 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
94°
Moving
Facing azimuth
30.05°
First azimuth
20.58°
First elevation
74°
Last azimuth
45.74°
Last elevation
62°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-23
Color
Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I thought that it was a flash of lightning in the sky-----which is quite silly considering that here in Manitoba it was probably close to -30 C around that time.
