Decay or meteor?

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Being still quite a beginner in all this, I'd like some help and/or advice
on a sighting tonight.

At about 6:17PM tonight (1/18/99) I saw either a satellite decay or a
meteorite.  The particulars are as follows:

My location: about 20 west of Washington DC
Sighting direction: due west
Path: straight down, from about 30 above the horizon to about 10 degrees above
Color: white with blueish/greening tint

There was no debris left trailing behind, and the continuous "tail" seemed
at least several degrees long.

Any ideas?

Regards,

John Broman

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