2013-12-11 - Brea, CA - Other

A small, very bright object was seen racing across the sky at extreme altitude and speed.

The very bright/shiny object was observed in the sky North of Brea, California. Brea is located in the Northeast corner of Orange County. At the time the observation was made, the object was traveling very fast and at a very high altitude (possibly the fringe of space) in a West/North/West direction. When first sight the object appeared to be at about 70 degrees above horizontal (from the base of the Brea foothills) traveling from East to West. The Object approached the brightness of Venus when seen in the night sky, but was much smaller. There was no sound associated with the observation. No lights were seen. As the object moved quickly across the sky it was followed by a very small and visible white trail, however, it was nothing like any vapor trail previously observed on other occasions associated with high altitude military aircraft or the vapor trails of rockets. The object never "left a trail" as it moved. The trail follow the object, never increasing in length or width and immediately appeared to dissipate (it's size remaining constant.) At least one commercial airliner was seen in the sky at the same time as the object's sighting, also traveling East to West at an altitude consistent with an airport approach for landing. The airliner appeared to be motionless in the sky when compared to the object.