Reports Report 2468u (Event 2468-2021)

Observer
Name Jack C
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I watch the sky a lot, not expertly or with much knowledge about the sky, and I have never seen anything like this before..aside from Skylab dropping back into the atmosphere and Hayley's comet a number of years ago. Very interesting to watch this.
Location
Address Fort Lauderdale, FL
Latitude 26° 8' 2.05'' N (26.133904°)
Longitude 80° 7' 19.22'' W (-80.122006°)
Elevation 4.013364m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-04-23 05:55 EDT
UT Date & Time 2021-04-23 09:55 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From left to right
Descent Angle 90°
Moving
Facing azimuth 13.16°
First azimuth 4.75°
First elevation 21°
Last azimuth 12.3°
Last elevation 13°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -19
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 60s
Length 15°
Remarks There were two, side by side, the smaller one on the left appeared to be dropping straight down out of the sky and the train was bright and then went dim and disappeared in a flat expansion of light and then blinked out. The second, much larger one, moved off to the right with a great long train behind it and to the left in the 9 o'clock position with a smaller train about half as long as the connected train pointing to the 7 o'clock position. The brightness of this second object with the two trains was exceptionally luminous. This second one fell in the same manner as the first one but without the last second expansion and flattening. It just collapsed into a bright dot and disappeared leaving the train to follow and then disappear a few seconds later. There was no additional presence from these two, but there was another two very luminous trains observed a few minutes later. In contrast to the few clouds in the sky, near the ocean and sunrise, these were extremely bright and the clouds were still very dark and purple (normal pre-dawn cloud colors). The second set of trains were visible for a few minutes and they also dissipated, but much more slowly than the first two. The second set made me think I was looking at something heading directly away from my position - as if I was looking up free tailpipe, so to speak.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It went dim and disappeared in a flat expansion of light and then blinked out. This is visible in the video.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks In the first two, I believe the smaller one on the left broke off the larger one on the right.