Reports Report 4001ac (Event 4001-2021)

Observer
Name Jennifer W
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Santee, SC
Latitude 33° 27' 17.4'' N (33.454832°)
Longitude 80° 26' 45.15'' W (-80.445874°)
Elevation 39.479866m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-07-25 23:20 EDT
UT Date & Time 2021-07-26 03:20 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 96°
Moving
Facing azimuth 130.26°
First azimuth 131.94°
First elevation 28°
Last azimuth 318.9°
Last elevation 17°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -11
Color Light Blue, Dark Green, Green, Light Green, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks My husband and I were sitting on the front porch and my daughter came out the door behind us to show us something she had drawn on her tablet. We turned around to look at her picture etc and I noticed just above the roof of our house and the trees, what appeared to be a white ball at first or a small white plane, but I noticed there was no sound and no distinguishable lights and for it being after 11 I'd expect that with a plane. I watched for a moment because it seemed to being hovering in place ( I realize now that it was because it was moving towards me) just as I tried to get my husband's attention to see it, there was a very bright flash of light, I can only describe it as a silent explosion...It lit up most of the sky behind our house and it was moving incredibly fast. It had streams of beautiful green, white, and yellow as it passed over the tree in our front yard. My husband, my daughter and myself all sat in amazement and to be honest a little bit of fear. Once it got just above the trees in our front yard there was another silent explosion of bright white and green light, again it had no sound and it shot just a little bit further beyond our yard and and all the lights seemed to just vanish. We sat outside and tried to see if we could see where it went but it was no longer lighting up. whatever it was was pretty good sized, once it got closer and before it silently exploded again we caught a glimpse of it as it was passing above us and seemed to be outlined in green and blue flames almost. This was by far the most beautiful thing we have ever experienced. It happen so fast and yet I will never forget it. It was gone nearly as quick as it came and it never even made a sound.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks At first it was what looked like a ball and then an explosion of light lit up the entire yard and asit passed over the tree right next to us we could see a shape being outlined in the sky by green and blue almost like it was on fire. It never produced a sound. When it got past the trees and exploded again it was a huge flash of green and the green tailed it for just a breath longer and all the colors disappeared.