Seemed very low in the sky and the flash that got my attention I assume when our atmosphere was entered was very bright, more so than fireworks from forth of july
Location
Address
Mineola, TX
Latitude
32° 39' 40.19'' N (32.661165°)
Longitude
95° 27' 58.42'' W (-95.466228°)
Elevation
128.986m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-07-25 01:15 CDT
UT Date & Time
2016-07-25 06:15 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
251°
Moving
Facing azimuth
71.55°
First azimuth
70.67°
First elevation
25°
Last azimuth
55.88°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-23
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
10°
Remarks
Looked up because whole sky lit up white to see a bright orange train with fireball cross the sky much brighter and stranger in color than any meteor I have ever seen.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Was bright enough white that while looking down at my brightly lit cell phone it got my attention enough that I looked up to see beautiful orange fire ball with train cross from south to north as I viewed to the east north east.
