Fireball report

Reports Report 1156i (Event 1156-2022)

Observer
Name	Ramsey M
Experience Level	2/5
Remarks	I don’t think this was a meteor. I would check on this ASAP. I contacted the local news and awaiting for more reports for them to pick up the story. I am not a conspiracist. But this was not normal.

Location
Address	Refugio, TX
Latitude	28° 23' 3.58'' N (28.384327°)
Longitude	97° 11' 19.47'' W (-97.188742°)
Elevation	16.979321m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2022-02-18 01:30 CST
UT Date & Time	2022-02-18 07:30 UT
Duration	≈1.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	229°

Moving
Facing azimuth	116.27°
First azimuth	170.12°
First elevation	90°
Last azimuth	42.78°
Last elevation	-

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-19
Color	Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green, Yellow, Light Yellow, White

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Unexplainable. Trucker flashes his highs on the other side of traffic. I am the passenger of the car looking out the window. My wife was driving and complained about the truck turning on his high beams. Thought he was warning us of an upcoming cop. Next thing you know I saw the brightest flash I have ever seen. Blinding if it would have lasted longer. My stomach dropped and heart started racing I didn’t know what I just witnessed. Lasted no longer than one second and it was at ground level. No noises, no traces. Again I was the passenger and I was looking out the window as it occurred. It was also huge I thought something exploded to where I almost called the police. We turned around to go back to where we saw it to see if we could see anything. Nothing was seen. We we’re driving from Corpus Christi back to Houston. From what I saw. It kinda looked like it was almost horizontal going towards Houston. But again this happened in a blink of an eye. My wife saw a bright light but did not witness what I saw as she was driving and I happened to be looking out the window. It was also very close to us. I would say 50 yards away. I will never forget this and would love to know what this was.

Terminal flash

Observation

Yes

Remarks

Unexplainable. Trucker flashes his highs on the other side of traffic. I am the passenger of the car looking out the window. My wife was driving and complained about the truck turning on his high beams. Thought he was warning us of an upcoming cop. Next thing you know I saw the brightest flash I have ever seen. Blinding if it would have lasted longer. My stomach dropped and heart started racing I didn’t know what I just witnessed. Lasted no longer than one second and it was at ground level. No noises, no traces. Again I was the passenger and I was looking out the window as it occurred. It was also huge I thought something exploded to where I almost called the police. We turned around to go back to where we saw it to see if we could see anything. Nothing was seen. We we’re driving from Corpus Christi back to Houston. From what I saw. It kinda looked like it was almost horizontal going towards Houston. But again this happened in a blink of an eye. My wife saw a bright light but did not witness what I saw as she was driving and I happened to be looking out the window. It was also very close to us. I would say 50 yards away. I will never forget this and would love to know what this was.

Fragmentation
Observation	No
Remarks	-