I've seen many meteors but none like this one. It was so exciting yet a little jarring. I literally braced myself for an explosion thinking it was going to explode right in front of and to my left. It did not. It was such a smooth outline. I initially thought it was a helicopter or plane but quickly realized it was bigger than those and much smoother edged plus going faster than those.
A few years ago my neighbors caught a spectacular meteor and explosion on their ring camera just minutes after I had come back in and gone back to bed after watching a meteor shower for about 30 minutes. I was so disappointed! It looked like it came right over the top of their house and exploded right behind mine. If I can find the date of that one it would locate this one pretty close. If you'd like that information just send me an email and I will gladly search for it. It was shared on Facebook so I'm pretty confident I can search it back up.
Location
Address
Camdenton, MO
Latitude
38° 5' 41.42'' N (38.094838°)
Longitude
92° 46' 38.36'' W (-92.777322°)
Elevation
217.545654m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-06-14 22:30 CDT
UT Date & Time
2026-06-15 03:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
181°
Moving
Facing azimuth
286.26°
First azimuth
-
First elevation
33°
Last azimuth
-
Last elevation
26°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Just before it went out there were sparks behind it, just a short tail of bursts then it just shrunk until it was out. Not disappeared from my sight but burnt out.
