I don’t think this was a comment or a meteor. I think it was some kind of spacecraft. A helicopter or a drone was following behind it.
Location
Address
Laguna Beach, CA
Latitude
33° 32' 33.75'' N (33.542707°)
Longitude
117° 47' 6.97'' W (-117.78527°)
Elevation
3.069678m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-04-02 01:43 PDT
UT Date & Time
2024-04-02 08:43 UT
Duration
≈45s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
96°
Moving
Facing azimuth
296.77°
First azimuth
298.61°
First elevation
22°
Last azimuth
57.12°
Last elevation
14°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
The front was white, but the debris around it was yellowish orange. It looked like light was falling off of it.
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It was like streams of light were following it, but not really breaking off the lights that were following behind were orange is yellow and the light in the front was like a white light like the moon.
