2022-07-13 - Titonka, IA - Light

A very bright and constant light in the northern night sky silently moved east and then south before trees blocked view.

I went outside for a cigarette just after 4 AM this morning after my young nephews who are visiting decided they couldn't sleep anymore. I immediately noticed a very bright and constant light (much brighter than Venus) low in the sky to the north. It appeared to be silently moving east for several miles from my perspective, but then moved south several more miles before my house and a tall grove of trees blocked my view. I jumped in my car and drove out onto the road to see if I could follow it, but it was no longer visible as far as I could tell. As a reference, Venus was low on the horizon to the east, but that light I was watching was at least 2-3x as bright. I checked an air traffic app and there were no planes in the air at the time. Aircraft flying overhead always has a pulsing light that appears very dim like a distant star. I'm a landscape photographer who has spent countless nights under the stars. This is the first time ever that I could not explain what I was seeing.