Raliegh NC...Meteor/Fireball Report 16Jan2011 
Around 3am EST. Seen westward ~45deg up, moving S to N lasted nearly 5 sec and very slow, maybe traveling 1/4 of sky. Thot was a plane at first (just a ball) but was quite a bit too fast. Don't recall much of a tail, but flared into several pieces at end and dissipated.