Fireball report

Reports Report 2132zi (Event 2132-2013)

Observer
Name	Mike M
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	I live in a small town 15 miles from the edge of Indianapolis, this is the brightest sky event I have witnessed by several orders of magnitude

Location
Address	Greenfield, IN
Latitude	39° 47' 43.19'' N (39.795331°)
Longitude	85° 44' 15.35'' W (-85.737597°)
Elevation	272.75708m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2013-09-27 23:30 EDT
UT Date & Time	2013-09-28 03:30 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	225°

Moving
Facing azimuth	99.31°
First azimuth	119.76°
First elevation	35°
Last azimuth	71.01°
Last elevation	24°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-10
Color	Light Blue, Light Green

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	____________________________________________________________________________________

Persistent train
Observation	Yes
Duration	2s
Length	30°
Remarks	Two parallel and extremely bright contrails of the blue/green with a more persistent central contrail that was a sparkling trail more typical of a far off "shooting star" event which lingered for a second or two

Terminal flash
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	It appeared to fragment just after it came into view with a small puff of sparks

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