Fireball report

Reports Report 7218o (Event 7218-2021)

This report has been linked to the following event: Event 7218-2021

Observer
Name	Simon T
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	This fireball was very close, not across the sky but, rather, a few small fragments that appeared to be on fire just before they must had collided with the hill/trees just behind our neighbour's house. It was not like the meteor showers I have observed previously but very hard to explain as anything else. I contacted the Sky at Night magazine and they suggested reporting it on this website. See the detailed comment on the previous page for what it looked like.

Location
Address	Craighouse, Scotland (GB)
Latitude	55° 50' 47.9'' N (55.85°)
Longitude	5° 56' 45.46'' W (-5.95°)
Elevation	5.73m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2021-11-02 17:30 GMT
UT Date & Time	2021-11-02 17:30 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From left to right
Descent Angle	90°

Moving
Facing azimuth	25°
First azimuth	60°
First elevation	-
Last azimuth	300°
Last elevation	-

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-9
Color	Orange

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	I think it was Tuesday 2nd November 2021 my wife any I saw something I've never seen before. Travelling almost horizontally and at a modest speed (like a car, I was able to say to Angela look at that and then we both had time to follow its track) we saw what looked like a few fragments of fire (much like a firework, the fragments slowly spreading slightly apart) travel just over a neighbour's house absolutely silently but only a matter of a few tens of yards away and, perhaps, at two or three times the height of our neighbour's house above the ground. The fiery fragments came from across the sea heading from East to West about a mile north of the Jura distillery on the Isle of Jura (no we hadn't been drinking). The time was early evening around dusk. We were right next to the sea and there wasn't anywhere obvious for the objects to have come from.

Fragmentation

Observation

Yes

Remarks

I think it was Tuesday 2nd November 2021 my wife any I saw something I've never seen before. Travelling almost horizontally and at a modest speed (like a car, I was able to say to Angela look at that and then we both had time to follow its track) we saw what looked like a few fragments of fire (much like a firework, the fragments slowly spreading slightly apart) travel just over a neighbour's house absolutely silently but only a matter of a few tens of yards away and, perhaps, at two or three times the height of our neighbour's house above the ground. The fiery fragments came from across the sea heading from East to West about a mile north of the Jura distillery on the Isle of Jura (no we hadn't been drinking). The time was early evening around dusk. We were right next to the sea and there wasn't anywhere obvious for the objects to have come from.