Reports Report 3358bj (Event 3358-2025)

Observer
Name Paula P
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks My sister and I were traveling on I 75 heading south. The green fireball was very bright and almost sparkly in the front of it, which may have been some fragmentation. I’m not an expert of course have only enjoyed watching shooting stars and looking at the planets, a bit of that type of thing in my life. At first, I said that was a shooting star the biggest I’ve ever seen, and the closest so a meteorite but she thought it may have been fireworks. It simply did not look like fireworks to me so I watched, and there were no other fireworks around the area. It also didn’t burst like fireworks typically do , but was a single entity fairly green, but also with a glowing white light as well. It disappeared behind some trees so I lost my field division so I’m only guessing on the information I had entered earlier. It had been on my mind since it happened last Sunday night so I had looked up and saw there was a meteor shower this month and was still convinced that’s what I had seen. Then today when I heard about the daytime sighting in the southeast I began looking up photos and immediately called my sister. Some of the nighttime photos of the greenish meteorites…I’m convinced as what we saw.
Location
Address Rocky Top, TN
Latitude 36° 12' 5.71'' N (36.201585°)
Longitude 84° 7' 20.89'' W (-84.12247°)
Elevation 308.313202m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-06-22 22:00 EDT
UT Date & Time 2025-06-23 02:00 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 122°
Moving
Facing azimuth -
First azimuth 211.52°
First elevation 35°
Last azimuth 213.94°
Last elevation 20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -