I'm over 60 years old and a former DoD Test Pilot (Engineer) with 14 years at China Lake and Edwards. This is the best single meteor I've personally seen in my life. One other big one but not as beautiful as this one was.
Location
Address
Oklahoma City, OK
Latitude
35° 23' 46.89'' N (35.396358°)
Longitude
97° 21' 11.29'' W (-97.353137°)
Elevation
394.992m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-04-05 20:32 CDT
UT Date & Time
2018-04-06 01:32 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
255°
Moving
Facing azimuth
15°
First azimuth
36°
First elevation
60°
Last azimuth
340°
Last elevation
31°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-24
Color
began as a single bright light blue color fireball, then broke into four bright green fireballs, like a string of pearls all following each other
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The fireball began as a large single bright light blue fireball from behind the high cloud layer. As it descended it past below the highest cloud layer and broke up into 4 brilliant bright green fireballs, like a fluorescent green string of pearls which vanished at about 30 degrees above the northern horizon.
