Reports Report 2830aw (Event 2830-2023)

Observer
Name Shelly E
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks Did anyone else see this tonight?
Location
Address Cincinnati, AR
Latitude 36° 3' 0.34'' N (36.050095°)
Longitude 94° 27' 41.63'' W (-94.461565°)
Elevation 361.38208m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2023-05-30 22:05 CDT
UT Date & Time 2023-05-31 03:05 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 103°
Moving
Facing azimuth 22.46°
First azimuth 72°
First elevation 65°
Last azimuth 194.65°
Last elevation 28°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks Sounded like a distant explosion.
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 45s
Length -
Remarks Bright orange glowing train remained all the way across the sky until about 30 seconds after the ball disappeared in the southeast
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks I saw what I thought was a plane after it, in the same trajectory, a white light, slightly slower, with no train, and it went out in the same vicinity as the fireball.