This was unlike any meteor that I\'ve seen before, I\'ve seen about 7 individual meteors in my life by chance..this does not include a meteor shower event...these are individual sightings that I\'ve experienced in my 35 years on earth. I went onto my back porch which faces South at 6:30am Monday morning and within a minute or so I was looking out at the southern view and from my left side I saw the very bright blueish green and white glow streaking from my left to right. Even though it was fast it was the slowest streak that I\'ve ever seen from a meteor. It traveled at a steep angle roughly 30-35 degrees..this is also the steepest angle out of all the meteors I\'ve seen. This was definitely one of a kind from my experiences with meteors..this was also the closest one to me as well. I almost got in the car to look for it to cash in because it was the biggest one I\'ve seen to date but that also might be because it was so close to me.
Location
Address
Sanford, FL
Latitude
28° 47' 38.36'' N (28.793989°)
Longitude
81° 19' 10.4'' W (-81.319556°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-09-05 06:32 EDT
UT Date & Time
2011-09-05 10:32 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-1°
First azimuth
-1°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
-1°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Blue and Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
I might have heard a deep low boom but I not sure it was from the object or not so I can\'t say for sure.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
-1°
Remarks
The train was a glowing blueish green color, amd the trail was bright blue and white as it disappeared behind the blue-green ball shaped object. As the object went below the treeline and horizon the blueish white glowing trail faded away fairly quickly roughly a couple seconds behind the ball.
