NUFORC Sighting 172614

Occurred: 2022-01-18 17:28 Local
Reported: 2022-10-27 14:36 Pacific
Duration: 1-2mins
No of observers: 1

Location: Norwood, MA, USA
Location details: Early evening in winter with clear skies. This area is near an airport about 2+/- miles.

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Left a trail, Aircraft nearby

A bright light flying low with no sound. Moved quickly out of line of sight making a sharp turn suddenly before disappearing from view

It was late in the afternoon, the sun had set when I saw this bright object flying low at a slow pace. There is an airport near my neighborhood, so I suspected it was an airplane getting ready to land. Upon closer inspection I realized that the object flying above was not making any noise/sound of any kind. When the object got closer it became obvious it was not a plane. I procured my phone from my pocket to take a picture of it. As I snapped a picture of the object it appeared to have stopped moving. I was surprised by this and then tried to get a second picture of it while it was motionless above me, but my phone started to glitch. In my haste to take another picture I started to just tap at random on my phone hoping to catch what I was seeing. I saw the object come to a complete stop and it became brighter then quickly turned in an upwards position and flew away. It arched up and over flying away from me; then suddenly before it was completely out of sight it turned sharply to the left and disappeared. Leaving an orange/yellow tail behind in its wake. The whole incident took about 1-2 minutes. This was not the first time I had seen this orb of light before, although it was the first time I was able to take a photo of it. I hadn't realized there was a video of it until I looked over my phone pics and became aware that I must of hit the video button in my haste by mistake. The video is about 3 seconds long, although the object is only in frame for about 1.5milliseconds-very fast moving orb of light! If its a man made object it was an amazing sight to see, but if it was unknown to mankind then it was incredible!! Either way what I saw was interesting and exciting to see.

Posted 2022-12-22