Initially, we thought it was a shooting star visible in the day/dusk sky around 7:30pm. The smoke appeared like smoke that you see in the movies when a genie comes out of a bottle and remained visible for approx 10mins. There was also a loud boom/ explosive sound ten mins later
Location
Address
Benzonia, MI
Latitude
44° 36' 53.28'' N (44.614799°)
Longitude
86° 3' 36.94'' W (-86.060261°)
Elevation
243.787m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-06-19 20:00 EDT
UT Date & Time
2026-06-20 00:00 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
90°
First elevation
90°
Last azimuth
-
Last elevation
90°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-28
Color
Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
5-10 mins after
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
20°
Remarks
The smoke trail lasted like a genie bottle for ten mins or more in the sky you see a terminal flash Lyke bright terminal flash like an explosion or did you did you see a fragmentation?
