I was driving my car. On the highway. North bound but was facing way more east than north east on that stretch.
I’ve seen meteors, and this was long. I’m guessing it was a satellite so I’m sorry if it’s a waste of time. I’m not sure what color it would be. It was crazy bright white. Like the sky was tearing.
Location
Address
, IL
Latitude
38° 34' 15.5'' N (38.570971°)
Longitude
90° 7' 22.84'' W (-90.123011°)
Elevation
126.651031m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-02-10 22:20 CST
UT Date & Time
2026-02-11 04:20 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
113°
Moving
Facing azimuth
50°
First azimuth
47.71°
First elevation
40°
Last azimuth
59.29°
Last elevation
10°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
6s
Length
10°
Remarks
It was glowing, like fire. Like a comet tail or something like that, it was LONG. I’ve never seen anything so long like that in the sky.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The front looked like it had two distinct fragments, and it could be my eyes playing tricks, but the fire ball seemed to be breaking up into smaller ones that were just harder to make out.
