There may have been a boom several minutes later....I thought I heard a strange resonance....surely not that long though...it could have been anything in the distance. What amazed me was that there was this tremendously powerful white flash of light which lit up the room. I was facing the opposite direction and turned around to face the window which then revealed this meteor apparition with a greenish blue blob traveling through towards the earth. I was gobsmacked and thought maybe a jet plane had fallen out of the sky after an explosion but later thought it was much more powerful to emit the white flash of light.
Location
Address
Takapau, Central Hawkes Bay, Napier (NZ)
Latitude
39° 58' 58.47'' S (-39.982908°)
Longitude
176° 25' 12.86'' E (176.420238°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-03-29 23:11 PDT
UT Date & Time
2011-03-29 10:11 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
357.97265°
First azimuth
351.21871°
First elevation
60°
Last azimuth
354.98682°
Last elevation
10°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
1
Color
white with a green tail b
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-1s
Length
-1°
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Like an explosion...I could not hear anything. It looked like it was over the Napier to Taupo route.
