Fireball event

Events in 2021 239-2021 KML

We received 12 reports about a fireball seen over Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Niedersachsen, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, South Holland and Utrecht on Wednesday, January 13th 2021 around 02:23 UT.

For this event, we received one video.

The trajectory displayed on the map and the KML file has been automatically computed based on all the witness reports and may not be the most optimized.

12 Witness Reports

a -Rudolphus W.

Level 2

b -Yvonne S.

Level 1

c -Ludger B.

Level 2

d -D H.

Level 1

e -Christoph S.

Level 2

f -Marina A.

Level 2

g -Miranda B.

Level 1

h -Tessa V.

Level 1

i -Niels L.

Level 3

j -Christian D.

Level 3

k -Caroline R.

Level 3

l -R.C. F.

Level 4

Legend

: Direction from which the phenomenom entered the field of vision of the witness.
: Direction from which the phenomenom left the field of vision of the witness.
: Trajectory.
: The witness saw the phenomenon travelling from right to left.
: The witness saw the phenomenon travelling from left to right.
: The witness didn't provide enough information about the direction of the phenomenon.
: The witness heard a sound at same moment of viewing phenomenon (concurrent sound).
: The witness heard a delayed sound, after initial view of phenomenon (delayed sound).

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1 Video

Credit: R.C. Feenstra

ID	UT Date & Time	Local Date & Time	Location	Dur.	Magn.	D. Sound	C. Sound	Frag.	Observer	Exp.	Org.
a	2021-01-13 02:19 UT	2021-01-13 03:19 CET	Uithuizen Groningen	≈1.5s	0	-	-	-	Rudolphus W	2	WGM
b	2021-01-13 02:20 UT	2021-01-13 03:20 CET	Ermelo Gelderland	≈1.5s	0	-	-	-	Yvonne S	1	WGM
c	2021-01-13 02:18 UT	2021-01-13 03:18 CET	Holdorf Niedersachsen	≈3.5s	0	?	?	?	Ludger B	2	AKM
d	2021-01-13 02:18 UT	2021-01-13 03:18 CET	Veenendaal Utrecht	≈3.5s	-5	?	?	-	D H	1	WGM
e	2021-01-13 02:19 UT	2021-01-13 03:19 CET	Hagen Nordrhein-Westfalen	≈3.5s	-7	-	-	-	Christoph S	2	AKM
f	2021-01-13 02:20 UT	2021-01-13 03:20 CET	Koudum Friesland	≈3.5s	-5	?	?	?	Marina A	2	WGM
g	2021-01-13 02:23 UT	2021-01-13 03:23 CET	Hoogwoud Noord-Holland	≈1.5s	-22	-	-	?	Miranda B	1	WGM
h	2021-01-13 02:25 UT	2021-01-13 03:25 CET	Groningen Groningen	≈3.5s	-13	?	?	?	Tessa V	1	WGM
i	2021-01-13 03:21 UT	2021-01-13 04:21 CET	Oegstgeest South Holland	≈1.5s	-7	-	-	-	Niels L	3	IMO
j	2021-01-13 02:18 UT	2021-01-13 03:18 CET	Bad Zwischenahn Niedersachsen	≈7.5s	-14	-	-	-	Christian D	3	AKM
k	2021-01-13 02:05 UT	2021-01-13 03:05 CET	Herford Nordrhein-Westfalen	≈3.5s	-9	-	-	-	Caroline R	3	AKM
l	2021-01-13 02:18 UT	2021-01-13 03:18 CET	Dokkum Friesland	≈3.5s	-6	-	-	-	R.C. F	4	IMO