my wife and daughter saw it as well. We were just pulling out of our garage and driving north I said look at that at which time both of them saw it and the "explosion" as well.. we all agreed it was probably a meteor and totally amazing. After the explosion we also thought it could be a plane exploding or something falling from sky
Location
Address
Monroe City, MO
Latitude
39° 39' 22.86'' N (39.656351°)
Longitude
91° 45' 15.31'' W (-91.754254°)
Elevation
220.630325m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-12-26 17:40 CST
UT Date & Time
2013-12-26 23:40 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
43.68°
First azimuth
122.42°
First elevation
68°
Last azimuth
325.68°
Last elevation
65°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-20
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
turned from orange ball to ending whitish and kind of looked like it went horizontal like got wider a bit then disappeared
