The light that we witnessed seemed pretty close as if it reached the troposphere. The light was too clean to be a firework or something similar. The light gracefully fell in a downward curve and once it disintegrated, fragments glowed green for about 2 seconds and it seemed as if they actually fell on the ground once they stopped glowing. We witnessed this as we were driving and at first we were unsure but once we did a short double take we definitely agreed it was unusual.
Location
Address
Salinas, CA
Latitude
36° 41' 36.52'' N (36.693477°)
Longitude
121° 37' 51.76'' W (-121.631044°)
Elevation
15.695642m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-05-20 23:30 PDT
UT Date & Time
2025-05-21 06:30 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
131°
Moving
Facing azimuth
298.46°
First azimuth
299.22°
First elevation
11°
Last azimuth
294.05°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
Light Green, Orange, Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
-
Remarks
It wasn’t a trail of smoke or train of light after. We initially looked at the curved bright light flowing downwards that lasted for maybe 5ish seconds then as it disintegrated fragments glowed green for about 2 seconds and then vanished either vaporized or fell on the ground.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Fragments disintegrated but glowed green for about 2 seconds
