Reports Report 5430f (Event 5430-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Meghan L |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was an amazing thing to experience!!!! I wish I had seen it with my full vision,start to finish,but I saw enough to get a good idea. There was another person who saw the light and the train,but he was in different location,so didn't see as much as I did,considering it was right in front of me,but I was turned with my right side facing where it occurred and my left side facing away. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Weathersfield, VT |
| Latitude | 43° 23' 51.79'' N (43.397719°) |
| Longitude | 72° 30' 22.98'' W (-72.506384°) |
| Elevation | 161.964m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-07-13 23:20 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-07-14 03:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 178° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 327.21° |
| First azimuth | 331.04° |
| First elevation | 58° |
| Last azimuth | 324.79° |
| Last elevation | 13° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | Glowing orange/reddish trail that was about half the length of the whole fireball and disappeared in stages lasted about 3 seconds total. Im not sure if the length because im confused about how to gage that in degrees. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Only saw it with my pereferial vision,saw a very bright orange/reddish light,that got brighter as it fell didn't fragmentation,just the train after that disappeared in stages that lasted about 3 seconds before it completely disappeared. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |