This was the 1st time I have seen a fireball. I have seen a shooting star once before. So this opportunity was amazing to say the least. I left driving from Richmond Va at 10pm and precisely at 10:55 pm almost as if it were going to hit my car I saw this beautiful brilliant fireball up close and personal. It appeared out of thin air with a long orange tail and a brilliant white ball with orangish yellow tips sparking out from the ball, and it shot downward from right to left... & in a count of roughly 3 mississippi it was gone behind the trees with a very brilliant flash... Absolutely Stunning!!! I am so blessed to have been able to see something so phenomenal and rare up close!!!
Location
Address
Boswell's Corner, VA
Latitude
37° 25' 53.66'' N (37.431573°)
Longitude
78° 39' 24.82'' W (-78.656894°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-09-14 23:00 EDT
UT Date & Time
2014-09-15 03:00 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
45°
First azimuth
90°
First elevation
90°
Last azimuth
270°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-24
Color
Orange tail & bright white, orange, yellow ball on end
