Driving home and looked up. There was a large mass moving through the sky that looked like a firework but realized it was something burning up in the atmosphere, long train of embers just floating through the sky for a very long ways. Eventually burned out high in the sky before ever descending to earths surface.
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Location
Address
Shell Lake, WI
Latitude
45° 46' 3.84'' N (45.767734°)
Longitude
91° 52' 40.76'' W (-91.877989°)
Elevation
389.638336m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-01-24 00:30 CST
UT Date & Time
2026-01-24 06:30 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
93°
Moving
Facing azimuth
270°
First azimuth
259.67°
First elevation
43°
Last azimuth
325°
Last elevation
41°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Like a really faint firework in the distance. Kinda of like the big loud “flash boom” would sound like in the far far distance.
It is very cold outside “-30F” so I could have been something popping on the distance too. Hard to say but I did hear something. I hope it helps.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
30s
Length
-
Remarks
Looked like debris burning up off of what could have been one solid object at one time. Several pieces were moving throw the sky as one unit slowing burning away and falling from the motion of the main train as it passed through the sky.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Looked like debris burning up off of what could have been one solid object at one time. Several pieces were moving throw the sky as one unit slowing burning away and falling from the motion of the main train as it passed through the sky.
