Please let me know if anyone else saw this. Thanks
Location
Address
Lake Charles, LA
Latitude
30° 19' 1.81'' N (30.317169°)
Longitude
93° 12' 51.08'' W (-93.214188°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-10-01 08:15 CDT
UT Date & Time
2011-10-01 13:15 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
179.2527°
First azimuth
155.84228°
First elevation
65°
Last azimuth
202.89993°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
white,bluish and purple
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
The sounds were like it just fizzled outat the end and dissolved in the air.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
4s
Length
35°
Remarks
This was not a fireball. It was a long streak of light and then fizzled out like it was a cluster of broken up metal pieces and burned up. It reminded me of when the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster happened that I saw on video, but the streak was on a smaller scale. Please let me know if any one else reported this. I would like to know. Thanks
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
I saw a long streak of white light and the fragmentation justed burned up like it was a bunch of small metal pieces.
