I read some of the other sightings and mine came from left to right from east to west. I live very close to the marsh closer to Delcambre and it looked to me like it would have fallen in the marsh or outer edges of the open water. But like I said I'm not a meteorologist so not sure of the accuracy of my description but I have been watching "falling stars" for years and this was different and much closer. The only thing I've ever seen like it was around the summer of 1997 there was a star burst in the sky. It looked like a star just exploded and fell apart. Didn't have a tail like this did. Still very cool and would love to know what it was. Even if it was that satellite they kept talking about. Thanks!
Location
Address
New Iberia, LA
Latitude
29° 56' 45.95'' N (29.946097°)
Longitude
91° 55' 59.59'' W (-91.933219°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-09-25 20:00 CDT
UT Date & Time
2011-09-26 01:00 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
200.96619°
First azimuth
165.32336°
First elevation
44°
Last azimuth
230.08918°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
white to redish green as
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
We had the air compressor running and couldnt hear anything.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
-1°
Remarks
It looked like a typical falling star but sort of exploded and trickled down with a long train around a foot to 2 foot long if it was in a still shot and measured. Im not a meterologist
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
As it came down it seamed to blow up and then a large fragment fell off the top and it fell separate and burned out before going below the larger mass.
