I was inside the house so that may be why I did not hear any noise. I got in my car and went west looking for an impact point. I was not able to find anything. I stopped and talked to a police officer from Howie in the Hills and he told me he had not heard any reports of it.
Location
Address
Astatula, FL
Latitude
28° 40' 15.57'' N (28.670991°)
Longitude
81° 44' 2.9'' W (-81.73414°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-09-05 06:30 EDT
UT Date & Time
2011-09-05 10:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
175.88504°
First azimuth
166.91684°
First elevation
-
Last azimuth
198.30584°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
1
Color
Blue and white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
3s
Length
-1°
Remarks
It was still dark outside so after the fireball passed out of my view I could not see anything else behind the train. The fireball looked to be the size of a car and I would say that the train behind it was maybe 50 ft.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
It was a continuous fireball moving from east to west as I looked south and by the time I got to the window, maybe 15 ft. I cold no longer see it.
