Ive seen something similar about 2 months ago with a friend of mine. It wasn't quite as close or as big and bright but definitely amazing. Ive been lots of meteors and I make it a habit now to see at least 1 shooting star a night and Ive been very successful at that but nothing has come close to what I saw tonight.
Location
Address
Victorville, CA
Latitude
34° 31' 0.08'' N (34.516689°)
Longitude
117° 21' 36.69'' W (-117.360193°)
Elevation
920.118591m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2014-08-17 01:50 PDT
UT Date & Time
2014-08-17 08:50 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
225°
Moving
Facing azimuth
342.58°
First azimuth
21.17°
First elevation
33°
Last azimuth
285.05°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-24
Color
Purple, Green, Yellow, Brown
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
15s
Length
-
Remarks
Very very bright with colors emitting from it and a long train of smoke that was left behind that eventually dissipated and became fatter until after about 15 seconds maybe longer then i suppose the wind blew the smoke away.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
looked liked it was a sharp ball of light at first then i saw smoke coming from it like a bright fire.
