Reports Report 2860j (Event 2860-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | C E |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I'm in a major city, clear night sky on a railyard. This railyard has never bright lights. I was surprised I could even see something like that. I remember years ago as a child I seen a "shooting star" in New Hampshire. It was pitch black besides the night sky filled with stars and just so much stuff and I seen a flash so quick, it was white. But this time I seen it was fire orange, slow and pretty scary. I honestly thought for a second it was gonna....(I just remembered when I first saw it I thought it was a helicopter. It's trajectory looked like it was gonna crash so I freaked out a little. Now that I think about it, I think it was in the sky for at least 3 seconds from when I saw it and then it basically disintegrated. I'm not even sure of what I saw really. It looked slow but maybe it was very high up and far. From my perspective it seemed low. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Boston, MA |
| Latitude | 42° 20' 0.26'' N (42.333405°) |
| Longitude | 71° 3' 41.5'' W (-71.061528°) |
| Elevation | 3.649413m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-05-27 01:57 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-05-27 05:57 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 117° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 280.69° |
| First azimuth | 278.83° |
| First elevation | 16° |
| Last azimuth | 295.99° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The tiny fireball disconnected from the tail and just vanished completely including the tail. It looked like it just fell apart. |