weathercat4 t1_j6fgbmh wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Reply to comment by hawkz40 in Spotted strange cluster of objects traveling across the sky this evening by hawkz40

Same reason you can likely see the bottoms of clouds at night, light pollution. Birds in light pollution against the sky look like faint glowing orbs and they seem to move really fast because they are quiet so your brain assumes what your looking at must be far away when it is actually very close.

KAKrisko t1_j6fjx1f wrote on January 29, 2023 at 11:51 PM

I think flying geese are UFOs more than people imagine. I remember looking up one evening and seeing these shimmering, silvery things overhead, flying fast. Fortunately I was able to watch them until they resolved into a flock of geese. Geese and other water birds have a substance on their feathers that helps shed water, and I think it also reflects light very well, with a silvery or metallic appearance.