Reports Report 735r (Event 735-2011)

Observer
Name Lisa
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I saw two things, probably unrelated. At about 10:00 I looked out the window and saw a greenish blue streak in the southwest sky. I headed out to my front porch and thats where I saw the fireball. It was enormous...big white ball with a redish-orange glow around the front (or the way it was moving)...the back of it had a long white sparkling tail following. I couldn\'t believe my eyes...it was huge. It went sideways and went very slow...I watched it for about 9-10 seconds just slowly go by horizontally. It just disappeared after that.
Location
Address Manchester, MI
Latitude 42° 9' 4.75'' N (42.151319°)
Longitude 84° 2' 5.32'' W (-84.034811°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2011-07-26 22:30 EDT
UT Date & Time 2011-07-27 02:30 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From right to left
Descent Angle 270°
Moving
Facing azimuth 280.68918°
First azimuth 287.14172°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth 320.88444°
Last elevation 45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color bright white, orange-red
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration -1s
Length -1°
Remarks Glowing white train
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -