We were traveling in an auto slowly, having just pulled out of a parking lot when this was observed. Because we were in a car we probably would not have heard any noise if there was any. We are not certain that this was a fireball due to the lack of visible forward motion
Location
Address
Hoosick Falls, NY
Latitude
42° 51' 3.67'' N (42.85102°)
Longitude
73° 25' 32.2'' W (-73.425612°)
Elevation
212.127594m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-11-03 20:04 EST
UT Date & Time
2015-11-04 01:04 UT
Duration
<1s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
253°
Moving
Facing azimuth
73°
First azimuth
73°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
73°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1s
Length
6°
Remarks
The train appeared to shoot off of the fireball the same bright white color with a slight arc to it and disappeared all within perhaps 1/2 second
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The entire sequence of what I and my wife saw occurred within a second or less. We are not certain that we saw all of it. Our first thought was that it looked like an object (airplane) had exploded in the sky. The explosion (terminal flash) drew our attention and we then saw the fragmentation, ( what looked to us like a part of the exploding object shooting off from the initial flash)
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It followed immediately upon our sighting the initial terminal flash. The curious aspect we do not understand was that there was not the typical streak indicating forward motion but rather that the terminal flash appeared to be stationary and that the fragmentation was shooting off from this stationary fireball. There was a moderately bright star quite near to the occurrence for reference that gave this impression.
