2021-02-04 - Tampa, FL - Changing

I was driving at 1 AM and was looking at the moon when I saw a bright orange cross to the left of the moon and very low. The cross was positioned in a horizontal angle in the sky. It was like a cross that was facing up. I considered grabbing my phone to record, but after hesitating to, it flashed and became a white circle. That’s when I grabbed my phone and took a quick video.

The bright circle looked extremely similar to a star, but I already knew it couldn’t be a star or planet. It not only had just been a bright orange cross that flashed and transformed, but it also was positioned lower in the sky and was slowly moving to the left. I followed it for a couple minutes as I drove.

I had never seen anything other than shooting stars and planets, so this was shocking to say the least! Very exciting when I understood what was happening though. Originally, I tried to rationalize the orange cross in the sky as a shooting star or meteor, but those don't resemble the bright orange cross that I saw at all. I would love to know if anyone else happened to see the same.