Reports Report 10041f (Event 10041-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kevin D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | It was amazing,I stopped my car and frantically searched for my cellphone to take a picture. I could not find it in time probably because it was such a spectacle that I had trouble looking for my cell with also not watching the "ribbon in the sky". I was thinking it was so early that nobody would have seen it, nobody will believe me that I saw it and I was 100% sure that it was going to touch earth, somewhere, I was almost bracing myself for a large nuclear explosion. I could not figure it all out, but it had to have been so large, gigantic, since it was so far away and tail so long. Incredible, WWIII made me think end times, never have I seen something like that, and it wasn't regular shooting star type of thing, it fell over the horizon and didn't really fade too much if any, that part was unnerving since I've seen hundreds of shooting stars before. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , PA |
| Latitude | 42° 9' 16.94'' N (42.154705°) |
| Longitude | 79° 50' 41.2'' W (-79.844779°) |
| Elevation | 408.052032m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-12-18 05:39 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-12-18 10:39 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 187° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 92.76° |
| First azimuth | 89.71° |
| First elevation | 32° |
| Last azimuth | 92.02° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -4 |
| Color | Light grey |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 24s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | glowing train that was serpentine-like, like a ribbon that went side to side, wavey and pointed down |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |