Reports Report 7421bj (Event 7421-2025)

Observer
Name Hayden R
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks I’ve seen many shooting stars, but this one was different. It resembled a shooting star, my brain didn’t recognize what I was looking at until it was gone. It was one of the most beautiful thing’s I have ever seen.
Location
Address Hazleton, IA
Latitude 42° 36' 46.44'' N (42.6129°)
Longitude 91° 54' 16.89'' W (-91.904692°)
Elevation 304.27948m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-10-29 22:13 CDT
UT Date & Time 2025-10-30 03:13 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 242°
Moving
Facing azimuth 35.74°
First azimuth 55.97°
First elevation 15°
Last azimuth 6.38°
Last elevation
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -16
Color green, light green, white, orange, light blue, yellow, light yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It appeared out of no where and looked like a huge ball in the sky, at first i thought it was a transformer that blew, but it moved too fast for that, it moved like a shooting star, on the tail end it looked like 50 - 75 separate peaces — maybe the last 20% of it was broken up into long oval-ish shapes tailing the ball of fire.