Fireball report

Reports Report 6172j (Event 6172-2025)

Observer
Name	Sidney G
Experience Level	2/5
Remarks	Please feel free to contact me. I have been watching the news all day, but nothing reported and I dont have any social.media so can't check on that. I would think someone in the yyc control tower would have seen it as they would have had the perfect view point .

Location
Address	Calgary, Alberta (CA)
Latitude	51° 9' 15.51'' N (51.154309°)
Longitude	114° 3' 44.51'' W (-114.062363°)
Elevation	1083.639526m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2025-09-23 00:02 MDT
UT Date & Time	2025-09-23 06:02 UT
Duration	≈20s

Direction
Moving direction	From down left to up right
Descent Angle	58°

Moving
Facing azimuth	100°
First azimuth	130°
First elevation	45°
Last azimuth	30°
Last elevation	30°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-13
Color	Orange

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	I lost sight of it as it went behind the neighbors roof of their house, ran to the street but it was no longer visible . I was looking se and it came down at a shallow angle with at least 3 large fragments that broke off and glowed an orange yellow color. I tried to get a video but was too late when I thought about it. I was so surprised to see it .I was looking to the southeast as it tracked to the northeast.

Fragmentation

Observation

Yes

Remarks

I lost sight of it as it went behind the neighbors roof of their house, ran to the street but it was no longer visible . I was looking se and it came down at a shallow angle with at least 3 large fragments that broke off and glowed an orange yellow color. I tried to get a video but was too late when I thought about it. I was so surprised to see it .I was looking to the southeast as it tracked to the northeast.