It's somewhat difficult to know if I entered the information correctly. It was frightening at first, but then went over the trees and we saw its whole path to its end!!!! There were 7 of us gathered in remembrance of my son's death in 1988. His birthday was 9/15; Someone asked what time it was when it was over and my watch said 9:14. We thought it might have happened one minute before. We felt like it was a God moment. We were watching the sky with an app on my phone that evening. Amazing.
Location
Address
Hackettstown, NJ
Latitude
40° 51' 55.31'' N (40.865363°)
Longitude
74° 53' 26.45'' W (-74.89068°)
Elevation
190.76m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-08-25 21:13 EDT
UT Date & Time
2017-08-26 01:13 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
75°
Moving
Facing azimuth
282.7°
First azimuth
275.31°
First elevation
32°
Last azimuth
297.6°
Last elevation
2°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-22
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It looked like it was a mass of fire with little pieces dropping.
