Fireball report

Reports Report 1809y (Event 1809-2025)

Observer
Name	Heather C
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	About 5 to 10 minutes after what I saw, the friend I was talking to saw a shooting star (or meteor or fireball) in the other direction. He hadn't seen the one I saw, because we were standing facing opposite directions, and I didn't see the one he did. However, he was very excited and said it was the brightest and coolest one he had seen in his entire life! Not sure what was going on last night but definitely something.

Location
Address	Jacksonville, FL
Latitude	30° 17' 52.96'' N (30.298044°)
Longitude	81° 34' 27.53'' W (-81.574315°)
Elevation	7.350312m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2025-03-26 22:15 EDT
UT Date & Time	2025-03-27 02:15 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up left to down right
Descent Angle	161°

Moving
Facing azimuth	247.14°
First azimuth	248.33°
First elevation	90°
Last azimuth	257.5°
Last elevation	19°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-21
Color	Blue, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	I wish I had been recording because it's one of the craziest things I've ever seen. It started high in the sky, like it was falling to the earth and it got brighter and the line thicker as it fell. About half way, there was a large fire/like roundness to it, like an explosion, and then the color changed again and it was like this small blue light that continued to fall with a short trail before it disappeared. It was slower, longer, and more magnificent than any shooting star I've ever noticed. It felt like it lasted so long, though I know it might have just been a matter of seconds. So mesmerizing. I'm not exactly sure on the time, because I was outside talking with a friend. I only know it was some moment between 10 to 10:30 pm, and I think in the middle area. So I put 10:15pm but it may have been a little sooner or later than that.

Terminal flash

Observation

Yes

Remarks

I wish I had been recording because it's one of the craziest things I've ever seen. It started high in the sky, like it was falling to the earth and it got brighter and the line thicker as it fell. About half way, there was a large fire/like roundness to it, like an explosion, and then the color changed again and it was like this small blue light that continued to fall with a short trail before it disappeared. It was slower, longer, and more magnificent than any shooting star I've ever noticed. It felt like it lasted so long, though I know it might have just been a matter of seconds. So mesmerizing. I'm not exactly sure on the time, because I was outside talking with a friend. I only know it was some moment between 10 to 10:30 pm, and I think in the middle area. So I put 10:15pm but it may have been a little sooner or later than that.

Fragmentation
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-