Reports Report 3903xj (Event 3903-2016)

Observer
Name Jon R
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks It was really cool to see I was giving a safety meeting and happened to be facing my guys and was like hey y'all look at that. We all just watched and were amazed at what we had just seen
Location
Address Hattiesburg, MS
Latitude 31° 16' 48.27'' N (31.280075°)
Longitude 89° 17' 51.15'' W (-89.297542°)
Elevation 62.625m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2016-10-12 06:48 CDT
UT Date & Time 2016-10-12 11:48 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 262°
Moving
Facing azimuth 36.44°
First azimuth 45.94°
First elevation 27°
Last azimuth 4.12°
Last elevation 24°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Blue, Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 10s
Length 30°
Remarks Glowing at first then kinda like a jet stream and smokey then it was all gone
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It slowly came across sky and progressively got brighter and bigger then at the end it hot really bright and seemed to split and was gone
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It split into two parts with a really big bright flash