i’ve seen what looked like something falling out of the sky while i was driving a few months ago so now I often look up at the night sky in hopes to see something so crazy again, i didn’t know it would happen twice in one year!
Location
Address
College Park, MD
Latitude
38° 59' 41.28'' N (38.9948°)
Longitude
76° 56' 16.02'' W (-76.937782°)
Elevation
20.861803m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-09-21 20:10 EDT
UT Date & Time
2022-09-22 00:10 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
110°
Moving
Facing azimuth
285.36°
First azimuth
359.81°
First elevation
86°
Last azimuth
109.93°
Last elevation
83°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Orange, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
-
Remarks
it was dark and orange at first, started to burn up into what looked like smaller pieces then suddenly it was only smoke left and it faded out very quickly, by the time I could say “look!!!” the smoke was gone
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
at first it was a ball with a train but quickly there were many pieces it looked like a long line
