Reports Report 2065cl (Event 2065-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nicole B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was driving at the time so location of sighting isn’t for sure, but was between Elgin and O’Hare on I-90. I noted the time for this one. My previous siting report (which is a separate sighting) was more of an approximate time. Sorry, forgot to mention that in the other report. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Schaumburg, IL |
| Latitude | 42° 3' 46.9'' N (42.063027°) |
| Longitude | 88° 4' 26.38'' W (-88.073994°) |
| Elevation | 229.997681m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-04-11 22:43 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-04-12 03:43 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 238° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 95.45° |
| First azimuth | 111.75° |
| First elevation | 63° |
| Last azimuth | 67.38° |
| Last elevation | 27° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Flash was a yellowish white, about 1/5 size of moon. 2-5 fragments broke with short orange/red tails, no longer than the diameter of the corona of the flash. Fragments didn’t follow not follow original trajectory but more of an acute to near perpendicular angle from the original. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above |