seen a lot of meteors in the high desert skies but I don't recall ever seeing one explode or the large flash that was noticeable inside the pickup. the flash was bright and I am a veteran who served in tanks. It was a bright white flash. And when I looked I saw that wide trail burning out. Hope this helps I'm interested. I hunt meteorites
Location
Address
Prineville, OR
Latitude
44° 17' 12.02'' N (44.286671°)
Longitude
120° 49' 1.36'' W (-120.817045°)
Elevation
895.000488m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-11-04 04:30 PST
UT Date & Time
2015-11-04 12:30 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
111°
Moving
Facing azimuth
311.08°
First azimuth
311.83°
First elevation
60°
Last azimuth
351.78°
Last elevation
61°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-27
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1s
Length
20°
Remarks
wide particle like a trail of a fireworks
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
I saw the flash like a car headlight bent down looking through the windshield and saw the trail for about a second. we live in a rural area there were no other cars around us. It was a bright flash then I looked for the trail and saw what was left. The gas station attendant some two minutes later said yeah I saw something didn't know what it was. I think the damn thing blew up.I didn't see the flash directly but it was noticeable in the cab of the pickup truck
