Having observed the destruction of space launch Challenger from this same location...I do not think it was a normal meteo. It is the second disentegrsting fire body with green flashing lights and bright sparks following in the same trajectory that seemed to not look like a simple meteor. And the contrail persisted. I have photos of the contrail from my first bier point to my he last which was obstructed by trees.
Location
Address
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Latitude
29° 2' 32.46'' N (29.042349°)
Longitude
80° 56' 22.72'' W (-80.939644°)
Elevation
3.008116m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-11-08 06:15 EST
UT Date & Time
2025-11-08 11:15 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
87°
Moving
Facing azimuth
45°
First azimuth
25°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
120°
Last elevation
15°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-15
Color
Yellow, a large separate trailing part of mentor had flashing green, two contrails
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Minutes later when potting the contrail streak , 2 booms
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
When I got camera to record the contrails there weee 2 faint booms
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
60s
Length
25°
Remarks
The first train seemed to persist lasting 4 minutes and the Second sparking green glowing body was sone distance behind the primary speeding fire body in the same trajectory...with a more faint trail seemed to to be less persistent.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Facing east the larger brighter fire ball Streaking low across the dawn sky was followed by sleds bright fireball which seemed to be disintegrating sparks with consistent flashes of green light for a time. A second more faint contrail parallel to the the that left by first fireball seemed to not show up in photos I took after the fire ball events had passed into my southern horizon.
