Reports Report 326h (Event 326-2011)

Observer
Name Jim
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks My husband and I were driving in parking lot going toward and about 50 feet from front left corner of Food Lion and saw it coming down at a pretty sharp downward descent angle from about three or four stories high (Food Lion is one-story building). It disappeared on the other side of the building. It looked very close but not more than one-half mile away. We could see a lot of color detail - stripes of mostly red with orange, yellow and blue. It looked maybe a little larger than a volleyball with train of fire... It disappeared from our sight on the other side of Food Lion sort of at the back right corner. From our angle, it looked like it looked like it was landing somewhere just behind the Food Lion Grocery Store so much so that we drove behind the store to see if there was smoke, etc. visible but did not see anything else. A spectacular sight it was!!
Location
Address Supply, NC
Latitude 33° 55' 45.53'' N (33.929314°)
Longitude 78° 16' 19.7'' W (-78.272138°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2011-03-22 19:30 EDT
UT Date & Time 2011-03-22 23:30 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 225°
Moving
Facing azimuth 37.74038°
First azimuth 39.91733°
First elevation 35°
Last azimuth 45.0833°
Last elevation 20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color red
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length 20°
Remarks glowing train coming off round ball of flame trailing behind at angle.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -