Reports Report 2543ka (Event 2543-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jeff G |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Nearly indescribably incredible to witness. I’ve seen many shooting stars at night. But a daytime fireball? And mesmerizingly iridescent; like an impossible sparkling, multi-colored blazing phantasm. What luck to have been outside on a jog facing exactly the right directly at exactly the right time. Ironically, because of jog, I didn’t have my iPhone to video. But I had seen these reported the last weeks. It looked like it was so close. And I was disappointed when didn’t hear a sonic boom. I kept telling my friend it must have a boom. And around two or three minutes later we heard it. Just incredible. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sayville, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 39' 51.72'' N (40.664367°) |
| Longitude | 73° 4' 1.32'' W (-73.067034°) |
| Elevation | -1.109419m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-04-07 14:34 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-04-07 18:34 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 96° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 72° |
| First azimuth | 50° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 175° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Purple, Pink, Light Blue, Dark Green, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Low distant echoing-like (slightly) boom. Minutes after. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Broke apart and disintegrated in sky |