I am 52 years old and have never seen anything like this. I was driving and had to call my husband to meet me outside. It was amazing and scary for a minute I thought it might be a bomb or plane crashing. I would call it amazing.
Location
Address
Poncha Springs, CO
Latitude
38° 30' 55.98'' N (38.515551°)
Longitude
106° 4' 10.62'' W (-106.069616°)
Elevation
2266.553467m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2019-02-07 18:14 MST
UT Date & Time
2019-02-08 01:14 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
329°
Moving
Facing azimuth
259.78°
First azimuth
250.37°
First elevation
70°
Last azimuth
246.23°
Last elevation
70°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
50°
Remarks
Train looked like glowing at first then turned into a very large number 3 made out of the move with wiggly smoke at the bottom. Smoke lasted at least 3 minutes I finished driving home and called my husband to look. It was cold and windy so I came inside.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It looked like a giant shooting star then I thought wow was that a firework or a plane crashing. It glowed almost to horizon level then just turned to smoke.
