I once saw a fireball around 30 years ago with my dad on Mount Lemmon in AZ after we prayed and looked at the sky overhead. That was the size of a baseball and utterly amazing. This is the 2nd most amazing fireball I've ever seen and was so much brighter than a normal shooting star. I was outside watching heavy lightning to the southeast. Where I was though the skies were clear overhead. In my peripheral vision I saw something very bright (like as bright as the lightning I was watching and it was very high up so I looked up and watched it go across the sky. Very impressive and way bigger (from my vantage point) than any planet and brighter than any planet, easily as bright as the lightning I was watching towards the southeast. I didn't know if there was a name for such a shooting star so I asked Google and learned about this site and decided to report it. I sure hope others saw it and report it!
Location
Address
Prescott Valley, AZ
Latitude
34° 36' 23.9'' N (34.606639°)
Longitude
112° 17' 25.75'' W (-112.290487°)
Elevation
1506.898682m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-06-14 23:10 MST
UT Date & Time
2026-06-15 06:10 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
125°
First azimuth
82°
First elevation
70°
Last azimuth
22°
Last elevation
65°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-7
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It was very large as it went across the sky and when it was done, it broke up in smaller bright pieces
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It broke up in small bright pieces at the end, like a very, very small firework, and then it all disappeared.
