I was driving and it was so big and bright that it just immediately caught my attention and it was just a big huge circle and then it just went a very small trail of Light to nothing I was driving so I wasn't able to take a photo or video but it was so fast unless I was already doing so I wouldn't have been able to anyway I was driving north on 85 and it was huge in the sky like almost like the sun in the far off distance that round circle you see that big
Location
Address
Oxford, NC
Latitude
36° 14' 26.81'' N (36.240781°)
Longitude
78° 38' 3.4'' W (-78.634278°)
Elevation
137.641129m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-06-27 22:45 EDT
UT Date & Time
2025-06-28 02:45 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
32°
Moving
Facing azimuth
44.17°
First azimuth
53.1°
First elevation
63°
Last azimuth
36.58°
Last elevation
27°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-28
Color
Orange, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1s
Length
-
Remarks
It was just a huge flash of explosive round light red is orange very bright and then it just became a very small line of light to nothing
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Again it was a very large round reddish orange super bright and and then it went from that to just say Trail off of light to nothing
