never saw anything like these fire balls before in my life until this year. saw the one in may and thought WOW! never see anything like this again. and was treated to another last night at my favorite place to watch for meteors. Gonna go get a lotto tic i guess...
Location
Address
bashan, OH
Latitude
40° 25' 2.23'' N (40.417287°)
Longitude
82° 54' 25.64'' W (-82.907123°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2013-07-13 01:00 EDT
UT Date & Time
2013-07-13 05:00 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
Unknown
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
315°
First azimuth
315°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
315°
Last elevation
30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
yellowish white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
30°
Remarks
started out like a normal meteor but half way through it's reentry it exploded into a bright fireball bright enough to light up the yard and surrounding trees. then continued earthward about as bright as before it exploded. about four seconds later another meteorite folowed the same basic trajectory. but further to the south only about a degree or two.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
very brilliant explosion stuned me lol. then a train followed it for another .5 second
or so.
