It was beautiful and caught me and my son by complete surprise as we were walking our dog that night! It happened so quickly that I couldn't even get a wish in! :)
Location
Address
Big Rapids, MI
Latitude
43° 40' 28.47'' N (43.674575°)
Longitude
85° 29' 39.24'' W (-85.494232°)
Elevation
300.331696m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-12-27 22:00 EST
UT Date & Time
2013-12-28 03:00 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
216.91°
First azimuth
217.35°
First elevation
55°
Last azimuth
208.75°
Last elevation
33°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-20
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
5°
Remarks
It was a reddish orange glowing train, it looked like an ember from a 4th of July firework trailing down to the ground
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
just like red particles breaking off at the tail of the ball of light
