Reports Report 2825bc (Event 2825-2025)

Observer
Name Carlos A
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks aken after I initially saw it looking South down Bush St., taken at the stop on the other side of the Church on Dora and Perkins. After driving past the church and seeing it on the other side of the building (first sighting was down Bush, but video is taken as we both see it—two of us were in the car—pulling up to the stop of Dora and looking South down Dora). The perspective changes in the video as we try to turn left to catch what more we can on video as we see it cross the Southern horizon from West to East. It was very low though. As we completed the left hand turn, it dropped below the tree line. The two of us saw the trail in two ways: I saw it as described in the form as sparks and the other person saw it as smoke lit up by the light in the front. What I initially thought I had seen as the headlights of a plane facing West was the trail behind stretch out to the West from the thing which was moving East. When I realized it wasn’t a plane, we stopped to take the video. We turned the contrast up in the video to highlight what was seen but have the original video as well if needed.
Location
Address Ukiah, CA
Latitude 39° 8' 57.69'' N (39.149357°)
Longitude 123° 12' 41.67'' W (-123.211576°)
Elevation 199.067383m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-05-24 22:25 PDT
UT Date & Time 2025-05-25 05:25 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 252°
Moving
Facing azimuth 156.55°
First azimuth 156.24°
First elevation 16°
Last azimuth 156.22°
Last elevation 11°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color Orange, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 30s
Length 10°
Remarks Stayed the same size in tandem with the moving light at the front, the trail appeared to be sparks and they went out in relative distance to the front of the trail, keeping the trail the same length for the duration of what we could see.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -