I was driving down my street, almost arriving home when I first saw it. I noticed it right before I pulled up to a stop sign and remained stopped at the stop sign intersection for several seconds to watch it move above the western horizon. It came from a north direction and moved towards a southern direction horizontally pretty low in the night sky. It started from the north as a bright red streak with a bigger round shape leading followed by a narrow tail then changed to orange then yellow then finally turned bright white and looked like a spotlight before abruptly disappearing. It was the wildest thing I’ve ever observed in the night sky!
Location
Address
Garden Grove, CA
Latitude
33° 46' 39.52'' N (33.777645°)
Longitude
117° 54' 39.05'' W (-117.910847°)
Elevation
32.672661m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2025-09-02 20:58 PDT
UT Date & Time
2025-09-03 03:58 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From down right to up left
Descent Angle
274°
Moving
Facing azimuth
271°
First azimuth
298.08°
First elevation
50°
Last azimuth
260°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-14
Color
Red, orange, yellow, white
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At the end it turned while and looked like a spotlight before disappearing
