(meteorobs) Las Vegas fireball sighting

[jennifersherer]

I'm new to this group and new to reporting a sighting, so I apologize 
in advance for lack of detail that one probably reports for a 
sighting. I was just glad to find a place to report the sighting!

Here's what I can relay:
-location: Las Vegas, NV
-time: Tuesday, Jan 4th at around 5:45pm PDT
-seen while driving so position details are sketchy (I was merging 
onto the freeway)
-came almost straight down (slight angle from my top left to bottom 
right. I was facing south and beginning to turn west at the time)
-it moving relatively slowly... compared to shooting stars I've seen
-was still brurning when I lost sight of it behind low level 
buildings and the freeway I was merging onto.
-I called our local non-emergency line but no one else had called in 
about it at the time
-it was very bright and had a long tail... it was a burning orange 
with a green cast... I don't recall the destinct colors of the tail 
vs the body, unfortunately

I checked local news sources etc. and haven't found any mention of 
it. It was breathtaking.

This was different than any meteor shower I've seen. I've only seen 
one other thing like this (fireball) and that was many years ago in 
the San Francisco Bay Area. I remember it looking just like this one.

Cheers!
Jennifer