I was driving so I couldn’t take photos or videos and it happened so fast I didn’t have time. I came home soon after and turned on the news and expected to see some reports but there was nothing reported. I have never seen something quite like this.
Location
Address
Los Angeles, CA
Latitude
34° 9' 55.02'' N (34.165284°)
Longitude
118° 29' 10.11'' W (-118.486141°)
Elevation
219.314819m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-07-26 21:30 PDT
UT Date & Time
2025-07-27 04:30 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
271°
Moving
Facing azimuth
271.15°
First azimuth
283.74°
First elevation
44°
Last azimuth
251.9°
Last elevation
43°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-8
Color
Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
-
Remarks
A glowing orange trail that was as wide as the fire ball and about twice as long as the fireball but it did not taper to a point
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At first I saw what looked like a huge orange twinkling star bigger than any other star in the sky and then it faded away or maybe went behind a cloud. Then it reappeared further left or south in the sky as a moving ball with trail
