Reports Report 9570v (Event 9570-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Karlene R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | The colors were very bright and vivid, much darker than I would have thought possible to view at night. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Brownwood, TX |
| Latitude | 31° 51' 13.55'' N (31.853763°) |
| Longitude | 99° 8' 40.07'' W (-99.144464°) |
| Elevation | 465.359589m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-12-09 18:39 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-12-10 00:39 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 259° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 277.05° |
| First azimuth | 290.09° |
| First elevation | 41° |
| Last azimuth | 272.89° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Purple, Pink, Blue, Light Blue, Green, Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 25° |
| Remarks | A faint smoke like trail with puffs as it flashed while moving and a big flash with smoke like cloud approximately 10x the size of the leading ball when it ended. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Looked like it became 3 balls of light and changed colors as it flared or flashed while it was steaking, then it flashed white light and I saw black jagged shapes, 4 or 5 of them, in a cloud of white smoke about 10x the size of the 3 light balls. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I saw 4 or 5 jagged shapes in the aftermath of the terminal flash, with white smoke around them. I only saw the fragment shapes for a second or less. |