Reports Report 504o (Event 504-2013)

Observer
Name jayne k
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks this thing really freaked me out. I'm 52 yrs old and I have never seen anything like this...ever. This thing came from "out of nowhere, right in front of me. i'm just glad I don't drink or do drugs because honestly I wouldn't have believed that what I was seeing was real. I'm not even sure that you call it a fireball. It looked like a "ball of fire" with a "tail" on fire. The "tail" looked like the fire that comes out of a jet engine upon starting. I heard no sound and the whole thing disappeared or burned out at the same time. Like one second it was there, flying through the air directly in front of me and then it was gone. It came from my left and went up a little higher (like it made an arc shape) and then began coming down. Please let me know what you think it was that I saw and also, did other people see this, too? Thank you, Jayne Knight
Location
Address Benson, NC
Latitude 35° 26' 28.11'' N (35.441143°)
Longitude 78° 31' 57.31'' W (-78.532587°)
Elevation 78.846054m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2013-02-27 20:00 EST
UT Date & Time 2013-02-28 01:00 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 135°
Moving
Facing azimuth 299.98°
First azimuth 335.76°
First elevation 37°
Last azimuth 144.99°
Last elevation 25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -26
Color Orange, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -1s
Length -1°
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -