It looked literally in the same part of sky as if someone in my neighborhood did a firework that was completely silent. I've seen shooting stars before and this looked like nothing ive ever seen ever other than a firework.
Location
Address
Belle Plaine, MN
Latitude
44° 36' 51.38'' N (44.614272°)
Longitude
93° 44' 39.05'' W (-93.744181°)
Elevation
263.216248m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-05-23 00:56 CDT
UT Date & Time
2025-05-23 05:56 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
278°
Moving
Facing azimuth
87.94°
First azimuth
97.69°
First elevation
32°
Last azimuth
66.01°
Last elevation
33°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Light Blue, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
20°
Remarks
Neon blue aura color trail. It disappeared when fire ball part did but it broke up into 3 the 5 pieces
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Looked like a fire work that had a break at end. It appeared left an arched trail of glowing blue with yellow edges the fireball was also same color but welder arch blue bright with yellow edges. It broke up at the end into 3 large parts with appeared to fragment again and could see 5 total parts. Theb like it appeared it dissappeared.
