Red glowing sphere, slowly moving West to East, stopping and starting multiple times until out of view..it did not disappear-

A clear, bright red, glowing sphere slowly traveling West to East, stopping and starting multiple times until out of my view. Each time it started to move again, it left behind a "tail" that was fog-like, not red. Each "tail" was the same size in length. It appeared to travel the same distance each time before stopping again. It did not disappear, I just lost it in the distance. It did not change in size, shape or other- the color and intensity of glow did not change. It traveled in a relatively straight line with a slight dip nearing the end of my visual ability. I watched it for a good 10 minutes- should have taken a video.
I have seen red, fire balls with tails that seemed like particulate matter. Closest to the fire ball, the tail was red, and went to red-orange, to yellow- decreasing in top to bottom height until it disappeared....This fire ball was traveling very fast....It was easy to follow.... This current sighting was not at all like that comet.