The smoke trail was glowing in the twilight sky, really bright smoke
Photo
Location
Address
Fresno, CA
Latitude
36° 49' 47.8'' N (36.829944°)
Longitude
119° 51' 50.79'' W (-119.864109°)
Elevation
95.79129m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-12-19 17:40 PST
UT Date & Time
2018-12-20 01:40 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
191°
Moving
Facing azimuth
270.11°
First azimuth
271.57°
First elevation
38°
Last azimuth
259.71°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-16
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
35°
Remarks
A glowing smoke trail, I found it funny it wisped into a gaint question mark in the sky.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It looked to be heading down to earth ,extremely bright fireball and fire tail.it seemed to be breaking apart then poof it was a smoke trail.i was driving in traffic by the way
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It seemed to be breaking apart as it was falling to earth
