My son Lance is the one that actually saw it and believed it to be a shooting star. When he brought me outside he described it as a giant fireball and it left at least a mile or two smoke trail. The trail was still present after 30 minutes in the sky.
Location
Address
Houston, TX
Latitude
29° 48' 40.7'' N (29.811306°)
Longitude
95° 8' 48.3'' W (-95.146751°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-11-04 22:50 CDT
UT Date & Time
2011-11-05 03:50 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
-
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
70.83857°
First azimuth
64.88482°
First elevation
90°
Last azimuth
66.91422°
Last elevation
90°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
fire red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
Do remember hearing a sound but cannot describe it.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
-1s
Length
-1°
Remarks
There was and still is at 11:27pm from the time the fireball came over to now you can still see a smoke trail.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
Not sure what that is?? But did not see explosion.
