Reports Report 1146s (Event 1146-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lee E |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was one of the most beautiful and fleeting things I've ever observed with my own two eyes. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Merriam, KS |
| Latitude | 39° 0' 24.31'' N (39.006754°) |
| Longitude | 94° 41' 38.83'' W (-94.69412°) |
| Elevation | 305.212006m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-02-23 21:00 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-02-24 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 113° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 185° |
| First azimuth | 242.55° |
| First elevation | 28° |
| Last azimuth | 240.63° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The flash was bright and instant. It briefly illuminated the atmosphere around the flash upon entry (humidity was high for good visibility of these specifics), blinked out in a fraction of a second and the remainder immediately burned through the sky in a bright blue/green streak for 2-3 seconds. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it hit the atmospheric boundary, it exploded and created a wild pattern in the flash of light, showing at least 1 clear fragment and what appeared to be much smaller indistinguishable fragments/potentially dust that haloed the original object, all ignited in an instant. As we were in a moving vehicle in noisy I-35 southbound traffic, there was no associated sound from our perspective. |