I don't recall NPR's 5-minute astronomy show mentioning a meteor shower that day - I take this to be a piece of space debris? Having seen many "shooting stars" unaided and through night vision device, this was -by far- the brightest (moving) object I've ever seen in the sky.
Location
Address
Mulberry, AR
Latitude
35° 30' 56.33'' N (35.515647°)
Longitude
94° 6' 48.3'' W (-94.113418°)
Elevation
136.00975m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-10-04 19:25 CDT
UT Date & Time
2013-10-05 00:25 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
285°
First azimuth
285°
First elevation
40°
Last azimuth
270°
Last elevation
34°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-19
Color
Light yellow, becoming orange as it reached the peak of brightness in view
