This is the craziest thing my stepdad and I have ever seen in the sky. Ever. Between the two of us we have almost 30 years of Air Force experience. My stepdad is an avionics engineer with hundreds of thousands of flight hours and still works with aircraft to this day. He is very familiar with what he sees in the sky. But this is something we’ve never experienced.
Location
Address
Marianna, FL
Latitude
30° 45' 27.47'' N (30.75763°)
Longitude
85° 19' 4.98'' W (-85.31805°)
Elevation
46.786m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-07-30 03:30 CDT
UT Date & Time
2018-07-30 08:30 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
111°
Moving
Facing azimuth
259.35°
First azimuth
257.3°
First elevation
61°
Last azimuth
264.19°
Last elevation
49°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-18
Color
Blue, Light Blue, Green, Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
We were driving down the high at about 70mph in a noisy vehicle and couldn’t hear much of anything from inside.
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
7s
Length
20°
Remarks
It was a vibrant glowing train!! It was bright red coming off of the fireball and it changed to bright blue in the middle and then back to red!! Very long tail, EXTREMELY BRIGHT. My stepdad and I were traveling west on I-10 in Florida and we thought we watched a UFO crashing through the atmosphere. We both are Air Force Veterans and have never seen anything like this before. I did a quick search online and realized it could be a fireball and decided to submit my information to you folks. Please contact me with any questions!
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Before I knew “fireballs” existed, I thought a spacecraft exploded into our atmosphere. It was a giant explosion and scared the hell out of us.
Fragmentation
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
The majority of it was a bright emerald green, but there were little blue sparks emanating from it as well. Could be fragmenting pieces?
