Reports Report 8307c (Event 8307-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julia S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I’m not sure that this was a fireball, as I missed the initial flash, but the small cluster/stream of lights that all faded together seem like it might have been. I would be interested in learning what it could have been! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Minneapolis, MN |
| Latitude | 44° 55' 9.84'' N (44.919399°) |
| Longitude | 93° 21' 17.65'' W (-93.354903°) |
| Elevation | 273.877106m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-12-29 18:55 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-12-30 00:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 195° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 262.76° |
| First azimuth | 263.77° |
| First elevation | 63° |
| Last azimuth | 267.66° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I believe it was fragmentation that I saw. I was coming home, and as I came down the drive towards my building, I saw a group of small white lights in the sky. I didn’t see streaks behind them; they were just sitting there and then all faded and disappeared. It was a fairly narrow swath, but it was relatively long, about 5 degrees of the sky horizon to horizon overhead is 180 degrees. It was very pretty. |