2020-11-12 - Knoxville, TN - Other

I saw eight independent, irregular-moving glowing objects cross the night sky.

Sighting occurred right after sunset. At sunset, I noticed two strange "sunbeams" emanating in a "V" shape at the western horizon. I took a picture of it. Once the sun completely set, I saw the eight objects appear.....in the same vicinity as the two beams I photographed about 20 minutes earlier. The objects started out in a "V" formation....and primarily appeared to be a flock of geese, but they emanated a translucent iridescent glow that caused me to stay focused on them. As they progressed across the sky, the formation changed to single file, then a circle, then a hopskotch-type action. I realized they were definitely not geese, and thought maybe they were hangliders....each with a candle-type glow. Their movement was haphazard as they got right above me....some were stationary for 20-30 seconds while the others circled them in no specific pattern. It was as if they were being "playful" with each other. Rea! lizing that their altitude was too high for a hanglider, I wondered if they were some odd type of parachutes(that glowed)....but when they started ascending....one after the other....I knew they were not. They emitted no sound whatsoever. They seemed to be headed for the heaviest cloud-cover in the visible sky. Once they were obscured by the cloud cover, I lost sight of them. I took several photos, but only two of them showed pin-point-type lights. What I saw was not lights powered by a known energy source. They "glowed" with a translucent, iridescent light....all white...no color...no blinking.

I cannot believe that other people did not see this anamoly. It was very visible, and the sighting lasted about eight minutes.

There is no explanation. Too high and quiet to be drones. The stop/start/fast/slow irregular nature is inexplicable.

I will never forget it.....and wonder what -if any- relation they had to the two strange pre-sunset beams that shone from the western horizon.