I was looking West toward New York City. I saw a very bright and large white light that appeared straight on. I thought it was local air traffic with a large landing light. It appeared to get larger then I noticed it was actually travelling perpendicular to me. It did not appear to be moving very fast. after it had moved approximately 90 degrees in the sky from first sighting it dimmed slightly to yellowish color and then burst, and fragmented. It contained at least 12 fragments that illuminated in a whitish color and proceeded on a downward trajectory while still travelling Eastward. The fragments lasted approximately 3 seconds. I would estimate it travelling over Long Island Sound. I would also estimate it broke up off the city of Bridgeport with the fragments travelling to approximately New Haven.
Location
Address
Fairfield, CT
Latitude
41° 10' 9.37'' N (41.16927°)
Longitude
73° 14' 21.88'' W (-73.239412°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-01-03 01:10 EST
UT Date & Time
2012-01-03 06:10 UT
Duration
≈10s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
150.55383°
First azimuth
257.24138°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
159.39341°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
white, then yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
10s
Length
20°
Remarks
glowing train
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It went from bright white to yellow then burst. Broke into at least 12 white streaming fragments
