It was bright enough - but small - to catch my vision while I was driving. It was very strange. No sound. No turning like a plane. No blinking lights. Just orange flame?
Location
Address
Highland, IN
Latitude
41° 32' 53.01'' N (41.548059°)
Longitude
87° 28' 28.1'' W (-87.474471°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-06-29 21:30 CDT
UT Date & Time
2011-06-30 02:30 UT
Duration
≈10s
Direction
Moving direction
-
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
323.0036°
First azimuth
320.69064°
First elevation
67°
Last azimuth
306.13928°
Last elevation
71°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
firey orande
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
99.99s
Length
-1°
Remarks
I saw a small very bright ORANGE glow in the sky while driving home. I pulled over and told my mom to look at the orange light. She said to pull into the next street and park. I did. We got out of the car and looked up at the slow moving orange glowing light. No sound at all. I thought it might be a plane on fire. No sound at all. No whooshing. Slowly moving west. No blinking lights. Then I thought it could be the shuttle - but over northwest Indiana heading west???? Very strange. Just an orange fire ball moving straight in a line, but it did NOT appear to streak or arc across the sky similar to a star. Then it just became dimmer and dimmer the farther west over the homes it went.
