It was really cool to see I was giving a safety meeting and happened to be facing my guys and was like hey y'all look at that. We all just watched and were amazed at what we had just seen
Location
Address
Hattiesburg, MS
Latitude
31° 16' 48.27'' N (31.280075°)
Longitude
89° 17' 51.15'' W (-89.297542°)
Elevation
62.625m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-10-12 06:48 CDT
UT Date & Time
2016-10-12 11:48 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
262°
Moving
Facing azimuth
36.44°
First azimuth
45.94°
First elevation
27°
Last azimuth
4.12°
Last elevation
24°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-20
Color
Blue, Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
10s
Length
30°
Remarks
Glowing at first then kinda like a jet stream and smokey then it was all gone
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It slowly came across sky and progressively got brighter and bigger then at the end it hot really bright and seemed to split and was gone
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It split into two parts with a really big bright flash