It seam to have appeared out of nowhere and was extremely bright and large head with a thick trail connected behind it. As it got straight in front of us it had more red color with fireworks type lights In the trail near the head. It was very low when looking at the house behind us it wasn’t far above the roofline in appearance. It was slow enough that I was able to tell my husband to look and he saw the last half even though it was only a few seconds. It seemed to disappear to the left of us in the sky. It went almost straight across the sky. It was fascinating and I’ve never seen anything likeit. Extremely bright
Location
Address
Madera, CA
Latitude
36° 53' 56.53'' N (36.899035°)
Longitude
119° 49' 11.68'' W (-119.819911°)
Elevation
110.407005m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-03-22 20:15 PDT
UT Date & Time
2026-03-23 03:15 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
264°
Moving
Facing azimuth
265.9°
First azimuth
316.3°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
208.41°
Last elevation
38°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
White, Light Yellow, Red, blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Bright white light with thick “ tail” connected” and as it got straight in front of us ( my husband saw it) we saw red color fireworks type lights in its thick “ tail” which appeared all comnectef
