| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | pawel t |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | i retreated indoors and may have missed any audio event |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Castle Rock, CO |
| Latitude | 39° 25' 0.37'' N (39.416769°) |
| Longitude | 104° 47' 5.34'' W (-104.784818°) |
| Elevation | 1892.334839m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-12-14 05:40 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-12-14 12:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 261° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 50° |
| First azimuth | 267.33° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 71.16° |
| Last elevation | 80° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | became extremely bright, extremely quickly. the terminal flash engulfed half the sky and was too bright to look at directly |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | extremely bright flash, filled half the sky with bright white light., the fragmentation was seen as feint 'ghost' images, brighter in the midst of a white field of light. |