Reports Report 3547z (Event 3547-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hannah H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve never seen anything like this, and I genuinely thought it was a plane on fire at first. My husband said it was a meteor but it was more orange than the ones he has seen before, which he said are usually more of a green color. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Abilene, TX |
| Latitude | 32° 23' 23.88'' N (32.389967°) |
| Longitude | 99° 43' 34.91'' W (-99.726365°) |
| Elevation | 537.979431m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-06-28 00:20 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-06-28 05:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 74.56° |
| First azimuth | 102.15° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 23.4° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I thought it was a plane or something on fire, which got brighter before fragmenting |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it passed from (what looked like) south to north, the fire started breaking apart in a trail behind the original fire, and eventually disappeared. |