Reports Report 1707bd (Event 1707-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Katie M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was walking East on the road and took a screenshot of the exact coordinates of the trajectory that the fireball was headed. I can send that if you’d like it. The person on the map was close, but not exact to what I had. I turned to face the exact spot where it came from and screenshot those coordinates and then faced where it was headed/ended and screenshot those coordinates. Of course that was after I stopped dreading my tracks, looked around to see if anyone else was outside & saw it (No one!!), then stood jaw dropped for a minute or so just trying to wrap my head around what on earth I had just witnessed because I have never seen anything like it and I have seen a lot of shooting stars and meteor showers. This seemed so close and looked like the proximity that a firework would be when we shoot them off ourselves at the lake. I’ve never seen a meteor or a shooting star that close. And the fact that there was absolutely no sound at all… On a night that was already silent… I could not wrap my head around it. I had to ChatGPT to try and figure out what I had seen. That’s how I found out about this website. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Bristol, TN |
| Latitude | 36° 34' 18.62'' N (36.571839°) |
| Longitude | 82° 10' 59.64'' W (-82.183234°) |
| Elevation | 495.378937m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-03-12 20:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-03-13 00:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 291° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 65° |
| First azimuth | 90° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 40° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | Orange, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | It was NOT a smoke trail. It was like a single firework & super bright, then it trailed like a glowing train, exactly like a dying firework does, with a train/tail that fizzled out in pieces at the end & then disappeared. If the “pieces” that fizzled out and fell are considered fragmentation, then I did see that. I did not physically see anything fall to the ground, just sparks that split up at the end & died out. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |