I notice these out of the corner of my eye. Not often I actually sit down and watch the sky. the starting point is from what I saw, from my patio with the house I think slightly cutting off its actual starting point. This one was almost a ripper. A super thick line coming through that I saw between 3 to 5 seconds before it exploded. Probably closer to 3. Time can be hard to keep track of in astonishment but I believe I'm fairly good with it. Ill definitively say ABOUT 4 seconds. i've never seen a bolide before and never knew of that term til I looked it up trying to describe what I saw. Its ghetto where I live so I dont know if the five loud pops I heard could have been from the event or if they were gun shots. Most likely gunshots. But I did hear them after about 1 to 2 minutes. I don't know how the bangs or booms sound or if they can manifest in "rhythmic phrasing."
Location
Address
Phoenix, AZ
Latitude
33° 23' 39.69'' N (33.394357°)
Longitude
112° 1' 24.69'' W (-112.023526°)
Elevation
342.549m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2017-11-14 20:25 MST
UT Date & Time
2017-11-15 03:25 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
118°
Moving
Facing azimuth
10.57°
First azimuth
1.68°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
22.73°
Last elevation
32°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-
Color
Light Green, light blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I saw fragmentation of 12 to 20 pieces glowing a extremely deep red. The streak by the meteor was like a Seafoam green. Dominant light green with a light blue shade. I now see the below question. If a terminal explosion happened it was extremely small and only the size of the meteor in which its color ceased in seemingly 1.2 seconds.
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
12 to 20 extremely bright but dark red pieces exploded in all directions from the object. Extremely favored to its motion. Some red bits behind the trajectory but barely. The hue of the main piece dissipated extremely quick. Faster than the red pieces that came off of it, I believe. Only fractions of a second quicker than the red pieces
