Reports Report 1685c (Event 1685-2025)

Observer
Name Daniel F
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I was sitting in my sunroom at a 180 degree angle looking in the direction of the marsh. It was very dark outside. All of a sudden, I saw a very clearly visible white light coming rapidly from my upper right, which means it was descending directionally toward 150 degrees. It was definitely bright and visible. It would have gone down in the marsh behind our house or in Copahee Sound, next to the marsh. At first, I thought a plane had gone down as during the daytime, there is an airfield about three miles away and planes sometimes fly out over the water. But this was going pretty fast and there was no explosion. My next quick thought was that it was a bottle rocket (fireworks) but the likelihood of fireworks being shot in mid-March around here is extremely low. Be aware that I think my text description is better than my description in your tool. I don’t recall seeing a place for the direction that the meteor was headed (roughly 150 degrees). And when you asked about the brightness, it wasn’t clear whether you were asking how bright was it outside or how bright the meteor was. It was pretty dark outside and the meteor was pretty bright. Thanks for this opportunity. That was interesting!
Location
Address Mount Pleasant, SC
Latitude 32° 51' 59.15'' N (32.86643°)
Longitude 79° 45' 8.8'' W (-79.752445°)
Elevation 2.86684m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-03-20 05:48 EDT
UT Date & Time 2025-03-20 09:48 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down left to up right
Descent Angle 59°
Moving
Facing azimuth 180°
First azimuth -
First elevation 53°
Last azimuth 180°
Last elevation 65°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -