Reports Report 163cz (Event 163-2012)

Observer
Name Samantha T
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Goldsby, OK, OK
Latitude 35° 10' 7.02'' N (35.168616°)
Longitude 97° 29' 28.38'' W (-97.491217°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-02-01 20:00 CST
UT Date & Time 2012-02-02 02:00 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 225°
Moving
Facing azimuth 143.12966°
First azimuth 138.65168°
First elevation 70°
Last azimuth 104.03535°
Last elevation 25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -11
Color Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks It sounded like a crack similar to lightning, but it was hard to tell because I was driving on the highway
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length
Remarks glowed a bright green-yellow with a little white and was wide towards the bottom and thinned in the zenith direction, faded nearly a few seconds after fireball passed
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks The flash is what caught my attention at first- it seemed to grow in size and that is when the tail began to glow brighter and got longer. It looked like it began to fragment but that was when it fell out of sight relative to me.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -