during its entry it left a streaked across the sky and left a long trail then blacked out (disappeared) then reappeared on its same trajectory with fragments coming off of it with a glow like a welding arc and disappeared before the horizon thus its visibly looked like a line/space/line --------- --------
Location
Address
Westminster, MD
Latitude
39° 36' 0.38'' N (39.600105°)
Longitude
76° 56' 42.68'' W (-76.945189°)
Elevation
293.376678m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-05-13 02:09 EDT
UT Date & Time
2014-05-13 06:09 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
52.05°
First azimuth
56.39°
First elevation
30°
Last azimuth
23.54°
Last elevation
12°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-24
Color
White with white sparks coming off the main mass
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
0.5s
Length
20°
Remarks
glowing trail that was broken up in two sections with a dead section between the two where there was nothing visible low trail the mass had sparks spinning off of it
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
as the mass was going across the sky the main body had sparks flying off of it like a sparkler increasingly growing the lower it got
