Reports Report 5388e (Event 5388-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Charlotte D |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | This was the coolest thing I’ve ever witnessed, it was an extremely bright yellow white light leaving a thick orb like streak with the orb coming down towards earth it zapped and disappeared out of nowhere. I was so amazed with what I saw, I was trying to make sense of it, and did as much research as I could to understand what it was I just saw and through my research I just learned about these fireballs and am very confident that’s what I just saw. I’ve seen many shooting stars before and this was nothing like that. Definitely not a rocket launch either |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kings Park, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 52' 33.56'' N (40.875989°) |
| Longitude | 73° 14' 29.15'' W (-73.24143°) |
| Elevation | 47.782543m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-08-27 21:20 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-08-28 01:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 111° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 211.24° |
| First azimuth | 218.48° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 248.66° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | White and light yellow very very bright and seemed much closer |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It flashed and zapped out of nowhere, disappearing with out a trace, I’ve never seen anything like it that I immediately did research and just learned about fireballs today and after seeing pictures of fireballs I am 100% sure this is what I saw |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |