This had to have been seen by the control tower at the Orlando Executive Airport. I was parked near the runway watching planes takeoff then they all stopped takeoff/landing while this thing went by. It was the largest (whatever it was) that I've ever seen. It definitely looked like fire but not a traditional orange glow. This was grayish light blue/pink (very faint color) and was swirling as it moved nearly perfectly horizontal straight east and slowly faded and disappeared. Never appeared to be descending-just perfectly horizontal. Not anything to do with a rocket as they rarely if ever come west from Cape Canaveral and wouldn't be traveling eastward. The most remarkable thing to me was its size. It was definitely enormous and didn't look that high up-although it could have been and just looked closer.
Location
Address
Orlando, FL
Latitude
28° 33' 6.41'' N (28.551781°)
Longitude
81° 19' 17.28'' W (-81.321467°)
Elevation
35.013649m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-10-13 19:44 EDT
UT Date & Time
2025-10-13 23:44 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From left to right
Descent Angle
90°
Moving
Facing azimuth
181.37°
First azimuth
217.94°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
152.6°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-10
Color
Pink, Light Blue, 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
Yes
Remarks
Size diminished as it traveled east then it disappeared
