Reports Report 565f (Event 565-2012)

Observer
Name Lee
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks It was a beautiful experience. I called Kitt Peak - no answer, tried Mt Lemmon Sky Center - no reply, Davis Montham Air Base - they had no information and suggested I call another department in the morning..which I did...no one knew anything...[hard to fathom]. I also called KVOA last night, but they had no reports of that sort. It was amazing to experience, and so odd, because a few minutes after it crossed our wonderful view of the sky, a jet flew over the Rincons and it seemed to be traveling at \'snails\' pace in comparison. As I drove home, in a NE direction, I took an extra drive...and saw a bright orange [pumpkin orange] sphere, cross slowly from west to east. I stopped to call my family and ask them to go outside to see it....this one seemed much slower and at a lower altitude. I lost view of it over the Rincon Mountains. Would love to have some sort of confirmation as to what we saw.....and after seeing the orange object...my curiousity is at its peak! Thank you for providing all of us with a venue to share our experience!
Location
Address Tucson, AZ
Latitude 32° 10' 14.42'' N (32.170672°)
Longitude 110° 44' 40.06'' W (-110.744462°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-04-17 19:40 MDT
UT Date & Time 2012-04-18 02:40 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 305°
Moving
Facing azimuth 90.77743°
First azimuth 69.73821°
First elevation 62°
Last azimuth 180.4602°
Last elevation 38°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color White
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks We heard nothing....
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 7.5s
Length 30°
Remarks It was a very long brilliant white glowing train, almost as bright as the meteor itself....nothing changed, it just continued on.....the end of the train was almost as brilliant as that closest to the meteor....beautiful
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -