My son noticed this at first..he said oh mom i see a shooting star...i looked and was so amazed. I thought it was a large enough fireball that was going to hit earth. I was expecting it to fall to the ground and cause damage..that was definately going through my mind at that moment in time. I was thankful to see something so beautiful and rare.
Location
Address
Battle Creek, MI
Latitude
42° 19' 25.58'' N (42.323773°)
Longitude
85° 9' 47.13'' W (-85.163092°)
Elevation
263.079m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-07-11 21:50 EDT
UT Date & Time
2016-07-12 01:50 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
116°
Moving
Facing azimuth
359.51°
First azimuth
6.26°
First elevation
31°
Last azimuth
18.13°
Last elevation
22°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-10
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5s
Length
30°
Remarks
A glowing train with some smoke
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Glowing orange fragments in yhe sky that like blew up into an orange flash
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
The flash was orange..the whole thing was curved though. I initially thought it was a firework but no sound and just a simple flash at the end of glowing fragments with a smoke and fragment train
