We thought a ufo at first and then thought maybe we witnessed a star exploding. It wasn't a shooting star it was just a sudden bright white light that seemed to expand out towards us and then reversed back inward and was gone .
Location
Address
Weston, MO
Latitude
39° 23' 42.57'' N (39.395157°)
Longitude
94° 52' 18.92'' W (-94.871923°)
Elevation
288.669678m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-06-29 23:00 CDT
UT Date & Time
2024-06-30 04:00 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down to up
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
25.02°
First azimuth
-
First elevation
73°
Last azimuth
17.27°
Last elevation
70°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Orange, Yellow it wasn't shooting it stayed in one spot expanded and then disappeared
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
We were looking straight up by the Corona borealis - suddenly there was a bright white light bigger than a star that seemed to expand outward in circle and it had a haze around the central bright white then the outer was yellow orange warm and then it zipped back inward and disappeared.
