Reports Report 2240ay (Event 2240-2017)

Observer
Name Christina L
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks We walked outside the front of the building at High Hampton Inn and country club around 10pm. There was a lighting storm around the area when we saw it. It is why we were looking up into the sky in the first place. First, we saw a flash of lighting and I looked up to see if it was gonna rain and then I made comment about how we haven't been able to see the Milky Way cause of all the cloud coverage lately. That's when we saw it. We had an amazing full view of the large fast burning multicolored object shooting right over us. It was such an experience! I love astronomy and I knew exactly what it was when I saw it. It seemed large, but it could have just been close. We tried to listen for a sound, but we didn't hear anything. Plus I ran inside and started screaming to everyone what we saw so I got a little distracted. It seemed to go from south to north, right over our heads. We were facing south and turned to see it go north behind us.
Location
Address Cashiers, NC
Latitude 35° 5' 40.99'' N (35.09472°)
Longitude 83° 4' 56.14'' W (-83.08226°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2017-07-13 22:00 EDT
UT Date & Time 2017-07-14 02:00 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down to up
Descent Angle -
Moving
Facing azimuth 360°
First azimuth 175°
First elevation 90°
Last azimuth 350°
Last elevation 90°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -18
Color Blue, Orange, Light Yellow, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -