I have seen 3 other objects like this in my life 2 in the daytime and 1 at night, but with nowhere near the magnitude or consistancy of this event. Have heard boom on 1 daytime event.
Location
Address
Hayesville, NC
Latitude
35° 4' 24.46'' N (35.07°)
Longitude
83° 51' 0.81'' W (-83.85°)
Elevation
564.16m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-06-29 01:32 EDT
UT Date & Time
2015-06-29 05:32 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
271°
Moving
Facing azimuth
115.49°
First azimuth
170.11°
First elevation
54°
Last azimuth
81.85°
Last elevation
53°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-19
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
15s
Length
50°
Remarks
so many fragments some glowing some thick smoke lasted 3/4 of whole incident
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
the second and third fragment after at least 20 sec. became sun bright but we lost sight and did not see them terminate
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
fragmentation was from beginning of observation from about 5 to almost 15 by the time we lost sight with 4 to 5 larger objects in front to multiples dropping maybe 5degrees till we lost sight. we watched for almost 3/4s of the sky with very little degradation till not visible.
