I’m not really sure of what I saw but my mom saw it too and both of us thought it was the moon at first and then realized it was moving. It left a faint glowing streak across the sky that faded fairly quick, and it had beams of light coming off it. It looked like a very stereotypical movie rendition of something shooting across the sky.
Location
Address
Lexington, SC
Latitude
34° 0' 27.79'' N (34.007719°)
Longitude
81° 16' 1.79'' W (-81.267165°)
Elevation
159.517m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2026-07-09 05:26 EDT
UT Date & Time
2026-07-09 09:26 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
251°
Moving
Facing azimuth
57.48°
First azimuth
85.69°
First elevation
35°
Last azimuth
48.34°
Last elevation
-
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
20s
Length
99.99°
Remarks
Glowing train that faded and seemed to follow the width of the initial flash. The train faded relatively quickly and almost looked like a beam of light through a cloud but there were no clouds
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At first i thought it was the moon in the sky but then it seemed a little bigger than it was initially and it had what looked like light arcing off of it (looked similar to beams of light through clouds but there were no clouds)
