A fireball at night, as bright as a cresent moon - 8.4.2021 at 05.36 - 8.4.2021 at 05.36 Karjaa Observation number 97452

Visibility IV / V

Philip Dean

I happened to look out the window and saw a green / blue flame
an object falling from the sky. I estimate the object (meterioritis?) Fell
to a nearby field, near the Junkarsborg area of the Mustionjoki river.

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Accuracy of the given observation time?
- 2 min difference possible
How long time did you see the fireball fly in the sky?
- 7 seconds
How the flight of the fireball ended?
- The fireball faded away

In which direction the fireball disappeared out of sight?
- East
In which altitude the bolide disappeared from your sight?
- About 1/3 from the horizon towards the zenith

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A fireball at night, as bright as a cresent moon - 8.4.2021 at 05.36 - 8.4.2021 at 05.36 Karjaa Observation number 97452