I saw one almost as brilliant and extremely close to the area I saw this one the next night. Almost deja Vu meteorites but the one I saw the next night only lasted about 3 - 4 seconds (as far as I saw) and just seemed smaller. Not farther away, just smaller. Broke into maybe 3 peices and hardly a flash at all.
Location
Address
Davis, CA
Latitude
38° 34' 36.08'' N (38.576689°)
Longitude
121° 45' 20.3'' W (-121.755638°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-04-20 21:15 PDT
UT Date & Time
2012-04-21 04:15 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
359.01659°
First azimuth
345.75082°
First elevation
47°
Last azimuth
348.44059°
Last elevation
26°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
1
Color
green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I swear I smelled it though as I have before seeing a green meteorite. Like burnt electronics but not quite like anything I\\\'ve smelled before minus the first time I think I smelled one.
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
4s
Length
-1°
Remarks
it was travelling pretty fast and had a long bright green and white train that looked a bit like fire. I don't think it was close enough or I didn't see any smoke linger after the trail disappeared. I thought it was going to hit the ground for sure but it busted into a few green pieces just above the horizon and disappeared.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
As I recall the flash at the end wasn\'t much more than the brightness during it\'s decent. It grew more and more dim as it fell, then a fair flash that was about as bright and big as it was when I first saw it when it broke into 4 - 7 pieces and disappeared.
