Reports Report 2420a (Event 2420-2020)

Observer
Name Roderick M
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks The date and times listed are approximate. I just ran across "The Watchers" website tonight and decided to report this anyway. I go to my back window to look out sometimes during the morning hours as I am usually up then and as SOON as I opened my curtain the EXACT place I was looking at in the sky a big and bright falling star appeared and passed in the sky and lasted for about 2-3 seconds. I was taken aback because I took statistics in college and the probability of that happening as SOON as I looked in the sky at that EXACT point I was looking at was uncanny and nearly impossible. The SIZE and brightness of it was crazy. I have seen falling stars before of course, but NOTHING as big and bright as this puppy. I felt like it was a sign from God letting me know something BIG was going to be happening to me soon. I got shocked at first because of it's size and brightness, but I felt no fear, only joy (after I got over the initial shock of its appearance). For a meteor, it was huge, it behaved like a meteor, but the size of a normal meteor is let's say....a golfball, but this boy was a grapefruit (or somewhere in between a grapefruit and canteloupe). I was inside so I couldn't hear anything from it. It took me about 5 minutes to process in my head what I had just seen.
Location
Address Baton Rouge, LA
Latitude 30° 26' 49.06'' N (30.446961°)
Longitude 91° 8' 36.31'' W (-91.143419°)
Elevation 15.085842m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2020-04-28 23:00 CDT
UT Date & Time 2020-04-29 04:00 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 100°
Moving
Facing azimuth 67.23°
First azimuth 47.37°
First elevation 31°
Last azimuth 67.32°
Last elevation 17°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -21
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -