Reports Report 612bj (Event 612-2026)

Observer
Name Rochelle & Tristan T
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks That was totally unexpected super amazing to see and looked like something you would see in like a super hero style movie
Location
Address Milaca, MN
Latitude 45° 45' 30.09'' N (45.758358°)
Longitude 93° 38' 8.8'' W (-93.635777°)
Elevation 328.40329m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2026-01-24 00:35 CST
UT Date & Time 2026-01-24 06:35 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 213°
Moving
Facing azimuth -
First azimuth -
First elevation 68°
Last azimuth 263.33°
Last elevation 30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -10
Color Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Brown
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length
Remarks glowing train that was lighter yellowed as the orange and brown fireball continued to fall with a second shooting star? just below it.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks one very large fireball that b broke apart into maybe 3 or 4 pieces .... all of which died out except two bright balls following one behind the other(larger one orange smaller one white) until the both just seemed to fade out into a tiny ember and fizzle out