I have never seen anything like this before in my life in person, but have seen several videos of other meteors online. I've seen very faint meteor showers before when out camping under very dark skies. This thing was massive in comparison to those faint meteor showers.
Location
Address
Lakewood, CO
Latitude
39° 40' 44.23'' N (39.678954°)
Longitude
105° 3' 30.01'' W (-105.058336°)
Elevation
1668.214478m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-11-02 22:22 MST
UT Date & Time
2015-11-03 05:22 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
215°
Moving
Facing azimuth
339.24°
First azimuth
346.61°
First elevation
53°
Last azimuth
328.47°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Blue, Light Blue, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
30°
Remarks
The trail went to full brightness in that first 1 second of the trail appearing. It stayed bright blue / white the entire time, and over approximately 5 seconds faded away in brightness until it was no longer recognizable.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The brightness part / flash occurred approximately 75% of the way along the path of the trail. There was additional brightness / trail beyond the brightest part / flash, but I could not discern anything more than 1 piece of a trail after that.
