Reports Report 5329am (Event 5329-2025)

Observer
Name Mckenna C
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks I was at Davis Island, Fl at the boat ramps fishing and saw this object appears going almost straight now, the trail behind it was very close to the object (not like smoke from a plane). The colors were bright orange outer glow, bluish-white core, faint purple at the edges of the inner flames. Appeared suddenly, nearly vertical descent, short trail close to the object, disappeared into shelf cloud, no sound. If I were to hold up a dime, it would cover the object I saw from my distance. Because of the shelf clouds and night time, im not sure where exactly but it was past the buildings on the other side of the water between Davis island and Palm River Claire-Mel Fl. Thank you for reading!
Location
Address Tampa, FL
Latitude 27° 54' 39.54'' N (27.910983°)
Longitude 82° 26' 44.68'' W (-82.445744°)
Elevation -0.14332m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2025-08-27 20:30 EDT
UT Date & Time 2025-08-28 00:30 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down left to up right
Descent Angle
Moving
Facing azimuth 88.15°
First azimuth 87.36°
First elevation 34°
Last azimuth 88.46°
Last elevation 23°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -12
Color Purple, Light Blue, Orange, Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -