Reports Report 8097au (Event 8097-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jennifer C |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I have seen meteors and other interstellar bodies as they travel through the Earth atmosphere. I have also observed debris from space, shuttles, and space debris as it falls to earth. This event looked similar to the debris that fell from the Challenger space shuttle, or an airplane lighting in mid air. But no other reports of air traffic events have been reported as of yet. It was definitely outside a normal streak or flash of meteorite normally observed. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kings Mountain, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 12' 7.54'' N (35.202094°) |
| Longitude | 81° 22' 23.67'' W (-81.373242°) |
| Elevation | 272.698517m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-11-08 06:16 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-11-08 11:16 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 264° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 215.1° |
| First azimuth | 260.17° |
| First elevation | 49° |
| Last azimuth | 190.86° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The first two“flashes” were like a star or airplane light blinking off. There was a third that was brighter and after the light dimmed from the flash noticeable sparkles and fragmentation both in front and behind the original piece descended in different areas the pieces were different sizes. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | On the third brightest flash, several pieces went in similar but different directions and were different sizes leaving a similar sparkly like tail behind them. Some would “twinkle“ and wouldn’t see them again after they blinked out others got brighter and dimmer as they continued on the same general path as it was kind of going. It then went behind a building where I could not see if it continued on or burnt out. |