Reports Report 5012pv (Event 5012-2023)

Observer
Name Moneer S
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks It was beautiful! Yet scary.
Location
Address Dale City, VA
Latitude 38° 38' 28.41'' N (38.641225°)
Longitude 77° 20' 28.34'' W (-77.341205°)
Elevation 77.86908m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2023-09-03 21:24 EDT
UT Date & Time 2023-09-04 01:24 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 257°
Moving
Facing azimuth 359.26°
First azimuth 10.76°
First elevation 61°
Last azimuth 341.6°
Last elevation 28°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -18
Color Green, Light Green, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks Sounded like a flare when the fireball extinguished at the end… it looks like when you throw paper in a fire pit but instead of it being orange like fire it was really bright white and then it dimmed away with a couple seconds after the big green ball. Towards the beginning it looked so bright and white in the middle with a bright green outline.
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks The night before I heard about 60 booms in Fairfax, va
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length 20°
Remarks Glowing white then from a big bright ball to a thin light flare dimming away like paper or like when you see an electric fire the sparks coming from that and how they dimmed out
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -