Reports Report 1325l (Event 1325-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Michael E |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was the brightest fireball I have ever witnessed. I was looking down at the ground when the sky flashed, and the light was so bright I distinctly saw my shadow on the ground. I had just enough time to turn my head up and see it streak across the sky, starting over the right shoulder of Orion and ending directly over Farmington, N.M. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Bloomfield, NM |
| Latitude | 36° 40' 12.99'' N (36.670275°) |
| Longitude | 108° 3' 41.03'' W (-108.061396°) |
| Elevation | 1668.068115m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-03-09 20:53 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-03-10 04:53 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 78° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 227.05° |
| First azimuth | 194.46° |
| First elevation | 67° |
| Last azimuth | 314.76° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard a distinct sonic boom two minutes later, at 8:55 p.m. MT because I checked the time of both events on my phone. I know this was probably too long afterward to be associated with the fireball, but the boom was too deep and resonant to be a gunshot or fireworks. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fireball started as a white-green color, then turned bright white as it fragmented, which started just as it passed directly overhead. |