NUFORC Sighting 176618

Occurred: 2023-07-02 19:05 Local
Reported: 2023-07-06 04:19 Pacific
Duration: 1 to 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Montgomeryville, PA, USA
Location details: 2 locations; one very far away (atmosphere); and one stationary object much closer.

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Left a trail, Emitted other objects

Pre-tornado: One with a trail far away, one floating much closer

There was an urgent tornado warning happening, so my adult son and I went out in the backyard to take a look at the sky. There was darkness to the west where the storm was approaching, but as is typical with this kind of storm, relative calm on the other side of its front. There was an obvious object off to the southwest, very distant with a vapor trail, descending from the sky, quite far away. I immediately pointed it out to my son because it seemed odd, and we watched. The object was bright -- at some points, extremely bright. It did not have the appearance of a plane, but rather, a tiny ball of light at the tip of the vapor trail. It's hard to tell if it was falling or not; for a time I thought it was a meteor. I wondered if it was the sun reflecting off something metal (like a plan) but the flare was so bright, it exceeded any expectation of sun reflection, even though that in itself can be quite bright. While watching, I noticed a different object, much closer but high in the sky, and a bit to the right (closer to the storm off to the west). This object was NOT moving -- it was more stationary; it gave the appearance of floating. It seemed metallic and round; that's about all I could make of it. My son also acknowledged seeing the object when I pointed it out. Then it went away -- I couldn't see it, but he could. He continued saying he could see it, but I couldn't find it anymore. But I could still see the original trailing one. Then we both remarked that our eyes seemed to be seeing all sorts of strange things; we figured it was from staring into the brightness for too long. But, it must be said that this 2nd floating object was very distinct and not a remnant of brightness or anything like that. In the checkboxes below, I'll say that the object emitted other objects, in this respect. (i.e., the bright one with the trail, and the separate floating object). Eventually the trailing thing also just sort of dissipated, and it was over. I think it was about 2 minutes or so of observation.

Posted 2023-07-10