I was just driving around listening to music, I live close by the airport and was not too far from it at the time. I thought it was a plane at first but then it exploded and split off into 5-6 pieces glowing greenish blue until it disappeared. I’ve seen many meteor showers and many northern lights and ofc occasional falling stars but never anything like that
Location
Address
Sioux Falls, SD
Latitude
43° 33' 36.99'' N (43.560275°)
Longitude
96° 43' 42.25'' W (-96.728404°)
Elevation
446.644012m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-02-23 18:45 CST
UT Date & Time
2025-02-24 00:45 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
240°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
10°
First elevation
65°
Last azimuth
350°
Last elevation
40°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
-
Remarks
It was more on the greenish side of color, and almost just as bright at the meteor itself
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Two lights appeared in the sky like plane headlights then it burned very bright, exploding into smaller pieces
