Reminded me of the one over Russia, a few years ago. With it being at night it was super bright.
Location
Address
Spotsylvania, VA
Latitude
38° 7' 57.15'' N (38.132543°)
Longitude
77° 31' 17.47'' W (-77.52152°)
Elevation
78.745331m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-06-14 23:10 EDT
UT Date & Time
2015-06-15 03:10 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
243°
Moving
Facing azimuth
359.84°
First azimuth
20.21°
First elevation
67°
Last azimuth
335.29°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-12
Color
Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
50°
Remarks
Thought it was a massive green Roman candle with a yellow-orange sparkling tail, disappeared behind clouds and a big flash was seen, but no boom.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The tail kind of broke off about a second before it disappeared behind the cloud, then .25 second after it went past cloud a magnificent flash happened.
