There was no smoke trail which I thought there would be. Almost looked like an airplane breaking up in flight. I never noticed a bright flash, only the framents which glowed brighter amid the orange glow of the wide tail. It just seemed to slowly fade away and went dark.
Location
Address
Indio, CA
Latitude
33° 41' 33.41'' N (33.692613°)
Longitude
116° 15' 27.68'' W (-116.25769°)
Elevation
9.568m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-12-22 18:10 PST
UT Date & Time
2015-12-23 02:10 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
94°
Moving
Facing azimuth
91.39°
First azimuth
90.15°
First elevation
51°
Last azimuth
107.07°
Last elevation
39°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It almost looked like a firework that had been launched. Had a very long orange and wide tail with several larger and brighter fragmentations that were traveling along and inside the tail
