As I was sitting in my car waiting behind a few cars at a light, I was looking out my window at a forward angle just at the right spot to see the green object streaming across the sky. It was leaving a beautiful glowing blue trail that seemed to last 3 to 4 seconds. The green object had a few fragment coming off of it as its light turned off after it came through the atmosphere. There were a few people walking on the street and one guy sitting on a guardrail facing the right way as well and I yelled at him \"Did you see THAT?\" and he yelled back \"YEAH I saw that!!\" The others walking by said \" WHAT! What was it?\" And we told them and most of them moaned that they didn\'t get to see it. I feel lucky to have seen it.
Location
Address
Portland, ME
Latitude
43° 39' 17.56'' N (43.654879°)
Longitude
70° 15' 26.16'' W (-70.257268°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-09-09 21:30 EDT
UT Date & Time
2011-09-10 01:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
118.46949°
First azimuth
91.66681°
First elevation
62°
Last azimuth
60.31538°
Last elevation
31°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
No sound at all except for me yelling at someone outside my car \"Did you see THAT?\" And him yelling \" YEAH I saw that!!\".
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3.5s
Length
30°
Remarks
The train was a glowing blue color. It seemed to take a little while for it to dissipate. Maybe 3 to 4 seconds
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
The light faded out with a few tiny fragments as it finished coming through.
