There was a flash which caught the eyes of my daughter and I. It looked like gold fireworks, followed by a white bright ball trailing with a teardrop long flame above the tree line and than disappearing. I felt as though I should turn around because something that big and the size of the flame concerned me that something was going to catch fire. My 11 year old daughter consoled me and stated that by the time it hit the ground the flame will be out and it may break apart.