I didn't see the the entire duration of the fireball. I stepped outside to place a call. After I hit the "call" button I casually looked up and immediately saw the fireball. It was almost directly above me when I first viewed it. The timestamp on the outgoing phone call was 9:08 pm CST, which is how I know the exact time of the event.
Location
Address
Lafayette, LA
Latitude
30° 16' 38.52'' N (30.277366°)
Longitude
91° 58' 36.76'' W (-91.976877°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-07-12 21:08 CDT
UT Date & Time
2014-07-13 02:08 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
Unknown
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
-
First elevation
85°
Last azimuth
90°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Hard to say, the color of fire or the sun.
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
5°
Remarks
The trail was a fire trail, I didn't observe any smoke. The trail was fire, same color as the fireball.
