I would love to know if you have had similar accounts - and if so, what was it. It reminded me of the space shuttle that was scattered about Texas a few years ago when it exploded on reentry. Thank you.
Location
Address
Athens, TX
Latitude
32° 21' 27.74'' N (32.357706°)
Longitude
95° 48' 35.56'' W (-95.809879°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-09-04 05:30 CDT
UT Date & Time
2011-09-04 10:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
341.20048°
First elevation
38°
Last azimuth
20.5557°
Last elevation
36°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
Greenish Blue and white l
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
After about 3 seconds after it disappeared - we heard in the distance a boom. Like a cannon going off, but far away....we assumed it hit in an unpopulated area since nothing was reported on the news. But maybe that was the sound of it hitting the earths atmosphere...??
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-1s
Length
-1°
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
My husband and I were outside getting ready to start to water the yard, when the yard illuminated like someone had shot off a flare gun. When we looked up we were facing north and it was traveling left to right (west to east) across the sky – it appeared lower in the atmosphere than a commercial plane – that’s what shocked us. The color looked like looking into a welders torch. As it broke up the smaller pieces were red/orange in color (like a hot coal)
