Reports Report 6635a (Event 6635-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Samantha J |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Location may not be highly accurate, was driving down the turnpike (East) when I saw it appear from my right. Only lasted less than 2 seconds and saw no similar bodies in the sky. Time is correct withing 10 or so mins, moon had just crested the mountains and was still a bright peach color. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , PA |
| Latitude | 40° 8' 42.62'' N (40.145173°) |
| Longitude | 77° 33' 32.53'' W (-77.559036°) |
| Elevation | 198.995972m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-10-09 20:20 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-10-10 00:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 231° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 70.51° |
| First azimuth | 81.93° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | 68.25° |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | Bright white at the head, crackling yellow gold tail |
| 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 | Gold tail began at the head of the fireball and tapered back about x6 times the length of the body. Tail wasn't a smooth streak, looked like gold flakes breaking apart, leaving smaller gold trails, ricocheting off of each other so that the trails left "crackling" pattern. Looked more like 'electricity' than fire. |