Reports Report 600bc (Event 600-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | KeVon E |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Fireball was moving very fast. Due to the relative visibility of the smoke trail and the lack of moonlight, i suspect the fireball was relatively low in altitude, though true altitude would have been near impossible for me to determine given the unexpected nature of this sighting and lack of accurate measurment tools. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Webster City, IA |
| Latitude | 42° 27' 58.05'' N (42.466126°) |
| Longitude | 93° 49' 0.07'' W (-93.816686°) |
| Elevation | 317.155212m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-01-28 21:05 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-01-29 03:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 95° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 2.1° |
| First azimuth | 318.6° |
| First elevation | 76° |
| Last azimuth | 74.04° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 7s |
| Length | 25° |
| Remarks | A smoke train, visibly gray, only visible above city limits. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Approximately 10 seconds after first sighting, fireball fragmented into 5 peices, each of which retained the color for up to 5 seconds after fragmenting from main fireball. Each fragment also left a feint smoke trail |