My Down\'s Syndrome son and I were taking our daily evening walk. I looked behind to check on him and as I turned forward again I happened to see a FAST moving green ball with a multi-colored tail. It disappeared at a 45 degree angle behind the woods on the bluff in front of us.
Location
Address
Dorchester, IA
Latitude
43° 28' 13.23'' N (43.470343°)
Longitude
91° 30' 17.16'' W (-91.504768°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-11-16 17:05 CST
UT Date & Time
2011-11-16 23:05 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
91.60322°
First azimuth
80.52628°
First elevation
26°
Last azimuth
90.93079°
Last elevation
18°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
sparkily green/fireworks
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-1s
Length
-1°
Remarks
It had a multi-color sparkily trail, tapering to a point. Trail was twice as long as the diameter of the ball witch was as big as a full moon and sparkily green.It all disappeared over the trees of the bluff. It went really fast--about 1-2 second--no time to analyze it
