This was extraordinary to watch a once in a lifetime experience. I live in a valley and I believe it dissipated over my valley or in the valley. I’ve never seen anything like it. It was very close maybe 2 or 3 football fields away
Location
Address
Kempner, TX
Latitude
31° 4' 10.18'' N (31.069495°)
Longitude
97° 57' 10.51'' W (-97.952919°)
Elevation
325.558868m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-07-16 21:40 CDT
UT Date & Time
2025-07-17 02:40 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
258°
Moving
Facing azimuth
66.3°
First azimuth
120.03°
First elevation
12°
Last azimuth
53.36°
Last elevation
7°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
Red, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
40°
Remarks
White ball with red around it, long red tail following and then after a few seconds it dissipated
