I have seen a meteor shower before and this was very distinct because of how bright the flash was and the dual orange train - I have never seen that. I have also seen near-Earth orbit satellites and a few space shuttle re-entries and know this was very different. I was driving southbound on C-470 and observed the initial flash directly overhead and watched it arc about a quarter to a third of the angular distance down my line of sight through the windshield. I made a point to note the conditions and time of occurence
Location
Address
Morrison, CO
Latitude
39° 38' 21.3'' N (39.639251°)
Longitude
105° 10' 12.08'' W (-105.170021°)
Elevation
1752.241943m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-01-28 23:05 MST
UT Date & Time
2024-01-29 06:05 UT
Duration
<1s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
203°
Moving
Facing azimuth
121.31°
First azimuth
122.04°
First elevation
63°
Last azimuth
96.21°
Last elevation
30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-12
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
45°
Remarks
two parallel trains that were burnt orange/brown in color that arced from point of entry high overhead and curved to where the fireball disappeared about a second afterward, train spanned about 25% of my windshield as I was driving and persisted only a second or two longer than the fireball flash
