I read the reports of a large meteor seen from Philadelphia to New York and going East towards the Atlantic on Feb 14.
I am not sure of the timing, but the object that I am reporting seemed to be falling vertically when looking East.
So either it is the same sighting with a perspective effect (it could have been flying away from my posiiton) or I saw a fragment of the object that may have fallen separately and more vertically.
PS I am an aerospace engineer but not an astronomer...
Location
Address
after Palisades shopping center, NY
Latitude
41° 5' 41.56'' N (41.094877°)
Longitude
73° 56' 16.76'' W (-73.937988°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-02-14 12:45 EST
UT Date & Time
2011-02-14 17:45 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
89.18258°
First azimuth
89.98409°
First elevation
43°
Last azimuth
89.9842°
Last elevation
19°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Light green and yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
No sound (I was driving)
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
0.5s
Length
15°
Remarks
Glowing yellow-green, maybe 15 degrees long and quite large (maybe 0.5 degrees). I could not distinguish the train from the object itself. Or maybe the object was already disintegrating since the light stopped about 15 degrees above the horizon.
