Reports Report 3266an (Event 3266-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chrissy B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I don't know if I provided anything accurately. I was staring off into nowhere while sitting on my front steps and saw this huge, bright fireball or firework or something I couldn't quite describe. After a minute or two I came inside and starting using AI to describe what I saw and to see if I was hallucinating – cause I'd never seen anything like it before! All I could figure out at first to describe it was a comet that was more like a firework combined with a tennis ball on fire that the neighbor kid threw across the street. I remember seeing Halley's Comet as a kid and couldn't have been more disappointed. It looked like a flashlight with a weak battery shining in the sky. I barely remember it even moving. What I saw tonight, is what I had hoped a comet looked like as a little kid! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | White Bear Lake, MN |
| Latitude | 45° 3' 22.87'' N (45.056353°) |
| Longitude | 93° 0' 13.94'' W (-93.003871°) |
| Elevation | 293.421722m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-05-03 22:00 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-05-04 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 45° |
| First azimuth | 57.54° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 35° |
| Last elevation | 16° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -25 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | it was glowing yellow and white and went from almost the same diameter of the main ball part, to a sparkly white nothing |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |