(meteorobs) Bright Fireball???

[Robert Lunsford]

I recently received this fireball report. This is one I'll keep for awhile. 
Can you tell why?

Bob Lunsford
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Date: January 22-23 2007

Time: 10:40

am/pm: PM

Timezone: Other

Other_Timezone: +10

Type_time: Daylight

Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Brightness: =1st quarter moon

Duration: 108000

Color: white

Initial_Azimuth: 180

Initial_Az_mag_or_true: True

Direction_First_Seen: S

Initial_Altitude: 45

Direction_last_seen: S

Final_Altitude: 0

Overhead: Yes

Train: Yes

Train_Duration: 60 and it's still there

Train_Duration_Units: minutes

Train_Color: white

Train_Length: 45

Train_Remarks: It is a smoke trail, very distinct it seemed to have a glow, 
and dispersed over a long period of time more than an hour.

Terminal_Flash: No

Concurrent_Sound: No

Delayed_Sound: No

General_Remarks: First seen by husband driving home from Ballarat at about 
10:30pm we first thought it was an Aeroplane on fire but the duration, lack 
of noise and the time that the smoke trail took to diperse made us realize 
it had to be something else. It is now over an hour since we first saw it 
and the fireball is out of sight but the smoke trail is still visible.