It was a most amazing sighting for me. I thought that a satellite or the space station had fallen to Earth.
Location
Address
Rockaway, NJ
Latitude
40° 54' 24.36'' N (40.906767°)
Longitude
74° 31' 6.15'' W (-74.518375°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-03-05 20:00 EST
UT Date & Time
2012-03-06 01:00 UT
Duration
≈10s
Direction
Moving direction
From up to down
Descent Angle
180°
Moving
Facing azimuth
258.3192°
First azimuth
308.55376°
First elevation
70°
Last azimuth
242.23685°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
blue white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-1s
Length
15°
Remarks
It was thick and bluer white than the blue white fireball. It was translucent and shortlived. The fireball rippled like molten metal into the train. It looked like a comet but it was moving.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
The sparkling and rippling could have been fragmentation.
