Reports Report 2937a (Event 2937-2025)

Observer
Name Susanne W
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks A passenger jet (much higher in altitude & at a slightly different angle than the path of the meteor)flew over 5 seconds after the meteor. The pilot & passengers should have seen it too.
Location
Address Breckenridge, CO
Latitude 39° 27' 59.05'' N (39.466404°)
Longitude 106° 1' 13.45'' W (-106.020402°)
Elevation 3099.371582m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-05-30 23:55 MDT
UT Date & Time 2025-05-31 05:55 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down left to up right
Descent Angle 73°
Moving
Facing azimuth 231.51°
First azimuth 70.56°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth 236.5°
Last elevation 47°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -6
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks I heard an airplane, so i looked outside. An airplane went overhead 5 seconds after it.
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It looked like it was already in pieces, like a row of a dozen horizontal white lights traveling together in a row as it crossed the sky, in the shape of gull wings, too fast to be any airplane, then it became brighter white in 3 spots & burned out to blackness midway up in the sky.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It looked like it was already in pieces, like a row of a dozen horizontal white lights traveling together in a row as it crossed the sky, in the shape of gull wings, too fast to be any airplane, then it became brighter white in 3 spots & burned out to blackness midway up in the sky.