Reports Report 4080e (Event 4080-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sophia P |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | It was as quick as a flash of lightning I barely had time for my friend to look at it with me, but when I saw it, it was an immediate flash followed by a fireball heading down downwards with multiple big sparks I would say coming down to earth, but I didn’t hear any booms. I didn’t hear any loud noises. It didn’t sound like a firework and it was not going the trajectory. A normal firework would go and it didn’t look like a military flare or anything of the Sort. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rio Rancho, NM |
| Latitude | 35° 12' 33.18'' N (35.209216°) |
| Longitude | 106° 41' 34.79'' W (-106.692998°) |
| Elevation | 1606.391968m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-06-05 01:45 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-06-05 07:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 115° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 3.97° |
| First azimuth | 1.03° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 16.86° |
| Last elevation | 26° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I was sitting in my car facing north, and I saw something out of the corner of my eye that caught my attention that I would describe as a bright flash at the beginning and then I got my partners reaction as well, and they did not see the flash, but I did at the beginning |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | When I saw the flash and fragmentation, it looked like a plane was crashing and falling and it had maybe like 10 sparks behind it, but they were like big enough for me to see, and it looks like a crash and like debris |