Um - I never seen anything like it. I was scared to be honest. It was so bright, so fast & and the explosion in the distance really freaked me out..
Location
Address
Jarrettsville, MD
Latitude
39° 35' 32.4'' N (39.592334°)
Longitude
76° 30' 30.92'' W (-76.50859°)
Elevation
185.854m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-09-17 01:35 EDT
UT Date & Time
2017-09-17 05:35 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
94°
Moving
Facing azimuth
60.95°
First azimuth
47.37°
First elevation
32°
Last azimuth
50.44°
Last elevation
34°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-24
Color
Light Blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Sounded like an explosion in the distance. After the extreme bright light and explosion 20 seconds later I went inside and turner on the news. I was w three people we all saw an heard the same thing
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At first I felt like someone was in my driveway(we were hanging out there having a fire) and someone just pulled in without us knowing and turned on their high beams. Then before I could react that light was taken over by a huge flash of light blue that light up the sky as it came over our heads and went into the distance all within a matter of 2-3 seconds
