I am not completely sure what the object I saw was. It appeared to be only a few hundred feet off the ground and was moving fairly slowly. It appeared to begin sparking and burning out almost directly above the Mimbres Cultural Heritage Site. I have never seen anything like this before.
Location
Address
Mimbres, NM
Latitude
32° 50' 32.84'' N (32.842456°)
Longitude
107° 57' 47.15'' W (-107.963096°)
Elevation
1796.589m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-03-23 20:30 MDT
UT Date & Time
2017-03-24 02:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
257°
Moving
Facing azimuth
39.38°
First azimuth
65.95°
First elevation
67°
Last azimuth
344.01°
Last elevation
21°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
It was a white color, about the same as the color of a falling star.
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
There wasn't an explosion but right before it disappeared there were visible sparks coming off of the object. The sparks kept falling after the object had disappeared.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
As I stated before, there were sparks falling from the object before it disappeared and they persisted for a split second after. Not sure if this was fragmentation.
