Oddly enough last night on Sept 5th at around 11 pm. my husband and I were watching television at our home near Lake Belton when he looked up and saw something similar through a skylight window overhead. He described it as similar to a shooting star only larger. He also said that he would have simply dismissed it as possibly being a jet plane flying over had it not been for the speed with which it moved and the observation we both made earlier in the week.
Location
Address
Georgetown , TX
Latitude
30° 35' 0.76'' N (30.583544°)
Longitude
97° 41' 32.96'' W (-97.69249°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-09-03 21:05 CDT
UT Date & Time
2012-09-04 02:05 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
4.20448°
First azimuth
41.8848°
First elevation
80°
Last azimuth
30.88894°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
blue-ish white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
The windows of the car I was traveling in were closed and the radio was turned up so it was unlikely that I would have been able to hear any outside sound unless it was extremely loud.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
-1°
Remarks
As I was driving north on I-35 near Georgetown Texas when my husband and I both spotted a bright white object through the windshield. It seemed as if it came from nearly overhead and North-East of my position. It appeared as a large round blueish-white ball of light somewhat smaller than a high in the sky full moon. It got larger and became brighter white in color as it dropped toward the horizon almost directly to the North. The event lasted only a couple of seconds with the ball disappearing at the horizon as if it had hit the earth. The time was a few minutes after 9:00 PM Central Daylight Savings Time.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
The object got significantly brighter as it neared the horizon in a manner similar to the way a bottle rocket gets brighter before it burns out.
