American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3260e (Event 3260-2025)

Observer
Name Irene P
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks It appeared so close and large orange maving horizontallt just above trre line. It continued out of my field of vision after several seconds. Is seemed as close and as large as a hot air ballon size bot obviosly a very fast moving fireball moving acrosd my field of vision from my patio deck up in the trees.it was beautiful .
Location
Address Tahuya, WA
Latitude 47° 23' 27.35'' N (47.390931°)
Longitude 123° 1' 28.13'' W (-123.024481°)
Elevation 36.200546m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-06-18 22:07 PDT
UT Date & Time 2025-06-19 05:07 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 91°
Moving
Facing azimuth 185.01°
First azimuth 148.95°
First elevation 17°
Last azimuth 238.1°
Last elevation 12°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -