Reports Report 174p (Event 174-2012)

Observer
Name Lynne S
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks My daughter and I both saw it and at first thought maybe a plane was crashing.
Location
Address Hanover, PA
Latitude 39° 46' 10.65'' N (39.769624°)
Longitude 76° 52' 42.15'' W (-76.878376°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-02-03 22:15 EST
UT Date & Time 2012-02-04 03:15 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction -
Descent Angle -
Moving
Facing azimuth 86.62525°
First azimuth 87.35714°
First elevation 44°
Last azimuth 83.41053°
Last elevation 25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude 1
Color bright white, red, blue/g
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -1s
Length -1°
Remarks Possibly a white train. It happened so fast, it was hard to take it all in.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It appeared to get brighter and larger before turning red, then green/blue. Then it disappeared.
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -