A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 14.1.2022 at 18.44 Hausjärvi Observation number 103772

Visibility III / V

Not visible

While driving a car in a clear sky, I saw a fireball phenomenon. At first I wondered what a miracle that was, but here I got the answer to it. The light was really clear, straight streaked and when it "hit" and disappeared it first "exploded" and then there was a bigger flash. The sky was perfectly clear and bright from the light of the moon.

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- Maximum of 1 minutes difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 2 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball broke into pieces, which faded away

Brightness of the fireball
- A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon
In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- Southeast
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About half way between the horizon and the zenith

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A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon - 14.1.2022 at 18.44 Hausjärvi Observation number 103772