Reports Report 156a (Event 156-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ruth P |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | it was the most colorful and longest-tailed possible fireball that I've ever seen |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Knoxville, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 59' 39.31'' N (35.994253°) |
| Longitude | 83° 55' 5.66'' W (-83.918239°) |
| Elevation | 302.40921m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-01-07 21:27 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-01-08 02:27 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 207° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 311.03° |
| First azimuth | 320.86° |
| First elevation | 36° |
| Last azimuth | 299.26° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Green, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2.5s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | lower part was a green ball and the tail was long glowing red. the train started out short and grew longer and redder/pinker and wider as the fireball went downwards in the sky. ended with a flash at the green ball/bottom end |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the lower in the sky part was ball-shaped and bright greenish when first saw it in the sky, but as it came down, it grew bigger and the ball made a flash of green with yellow or white "arms" coming out of it very briefly, then was no longer visible. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | just before it went out, there appeared to be several yellow/white streaks or arm-like flashes of light extending outward from the green "ball" (the lower end) of it, at the part where the "ball" and "tail" appeared to meet. it flashed brighter for just a moment and then was gone from view. |