I have never seen anything like this before! We were taking a walk tonight and then there was this burning object going across the sky and we looked up... it scared us for a minute. It had an orange fireball in the front and as the tail continued it looked green! I wasn't sure what we even saw! I am still amazed!
Location
Address
Bath, NY
Latitude
42° 19' 59.4'' N (42.333166°)
Longitude
77° 18' 40.42'' W (-77.311228°)
Elevation
334.765015m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-08-18 22:00 EDT
UT Date & Time
2020-08-19 02:00 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
96°
Moving
Facing azimuth
185.71°
First azimuth
188.87°
First elevation
18°
Last azimuth
273.84°
Last elevation
19°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-11
Color
Orange with a green tail
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
like it blew up like a huge explosive light burst
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
there were smaller particals you could see in the tail area after the light burst happened
