Reports Report 1853c (Event 1853-2021)

This report has been linked to the following event: Event 1853-2021
Observer
NameBen G
Experience Level3/5
RemarksI have worked at NASA for 20 years ehs an ingineer and have been building spacecraft and operating spacecraft on orbit for a very long time, this was just a space rock but it was apparently pretty big. I did not see anything on the smalle bodies database or the minor planet centre that indicated something like that at all. I just wanted you guys to know that 1 may have slipped by and if it did not slip by and you knew about it, I would like to know what that thing was and how long we have been tracking it
Location
AddressSilver Spring, MD
Latitude39° 1' 6.63'' N (39.02°)
Longitude 77° 1' 21.61'' W (-77.02°)
Elevation102.98m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time2021-03-22 23:39 EDT
UT Date & Time2021-03-23 03:39 UT
Duration≈3.5s
Direction
Moving directionFrom down right to up left
Descent Angle271°
Moving
Facing azimuth202.74°
First azimuth233.15°
First elevation32°
Last azimuth194.17°
Last elevation37°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude-6
ColorOrange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
ObservationUnknown
Remarks-
Delayed Sound
ObservationNo
Remarks-
Persistent train
ObservationYes
Duration1s
Length
RemarksThe smoke trail was only presently observable by the assumption the glowing superheated rock was masked behind something at the aft end. There was apparent break-up at the end as the object broke into 2 separate objects with the fwd part accelerating away from the part left behind. It was definitely a space rock. But it was high up, very high. I have never seen an asteroid move so slow, break up like that or react that way (20 years at nasa, Goddard space flight center.)There was no green or purple to the fire color, usually a satellite burns green and purplish, depending on Detroit. This was a space rock.
Terminal flash
ObservationNo
Remarks-
Fragmentation
ObservationYes
RemarksIt broke into 2 separate pieces with what looked like smalling pieces breaking loose and disintegrating in fractions of a second