Sketch of Fireball Path, observed at 02:01 GMT March 29th, 2023 from Raytown Missouri - location: 38.981964, -94.434303 Taken with cell phone camera (GCam) on night vision setting. Visible objects are Capella (upper right) and Venus (lower left). Photo details as reported by the camera: motorola moto g stylus (2022) ƒ/1.8 1/10 4.26mm ISO100 12.5MP 3072 × 4080 Notes I made at the time: "Fireball went going straight downwards about halfway between the star and the trees [nearest tree visible in the picture]. It started pretty high probably 70 or 75°, about 2/3 of the way between the the planet [Venus] and the Moon. It went straight down and then turned into little sparkly things about the same level as the planet [Venus]." [70 or 75 degrees high was a poor estimate - the moon at that time was about 62 degrees and the fireball started lower than that, as I noted. Comparing the starting point of the fireball to Capella, which was about 53 degrees azimuth at that time, gives a starting altitude around 50-55 degrees.] "The path was pretty much what shown in the attached photo. It was just bright all the way down, about as bright as the planet [Venus], a little brighter maybe. Then at the end it broke up into one bright fragment and four or five little sparkly fragments in front of it all in a straight line."

Hugh Brent
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