This was bright enough that at first I thought it was an Airplane going down.
Location
Address
Tucson, AZ
Latitude
32° 21' 46.28'' N (32.362856°)
Longitude
111° 2' 41.6'' W (-111.044888°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-10-29 22:50 MDT
UT Date & Time
2012-10-30 05:50 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
92.64248°
First azimuth
91.74622°
First elevation
56°
Last azimuth
88.97079°
Last elevation
35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
1
Color
Bright white and some red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
2s
Length
-1°
Remarks
First it was bright and squarish, larger than any nearby stars. and seemed very close. Then it split and some reddish trail fell off to the north and down towards my left. some thinner light went paraell to the right of it for just a second. Then the larger left hand streak broke into more smaller fire flashes and went out after an instant. This is the biggist falling star I have ever witnessed.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
It first split into 3. and while large ball was still falling the left medium fragment broke into more fragments before going out, the smallest fragment was on my right fell beside and to the right of the initial medium fragment
