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Observer Name Stephen P Experience Level 1/5 Remarks The object had a globe like appearance- not as bright as Venus but larger diameter and moved slowly for a meteor (but too fast to be a man made object). It moved about 10 degrees off of straight down. I was driving I-81 S when I saw it.
Location Address Draper, VA Latitude 37° 0' 35.31'' N (37.01°) Longitude 80° 44' 46.26'' W (-80.75°) Elevation 678.42m
Time and Duration Local Date & Time 2020-11-01 18:53 EST UT Date & Time 2020-11-01 23:53 UT Duration ≈3.5s
Direction Moving direction From up left to down right Descent Angle 164°
Moving Facing azimuth 238.17° First azimuth 245.06° First elevation 20° Last azimuth 3° Last elevation 3°
Brightness and color Stellar Magnitude -5 Color White
Concurrent Sound Observation No Remarks -
Delayed Sound Observation No Remarks -
Persistent train Observation No Duration - Length - Remarks -
Terminal flash Observation No Remarks -
Fragmentation Observation No Remarks -