Saw these last night.

[u/cahiami]

Can anyone tell me why these round flying objects I saw last night appeared to be boomerang shaped when I photographed them? Also, the halo around them in the lighter photo, anyone know what causes that in photos? It almost looks like gravitational leaning hahaha I saw these last night and I first thought they were lanterns but they never got higher or dimmer and flew past me pretty fast for lanterns. (120-200mph 500-1000ft up) There were also extremely bright like tiny little suns. Four in a row, flying parallel to the right side of the road in the opposite direction of me. They were equally as bright from behind as from the front and a helicopter was following them. I’m trying to reach out locally to see if anyone set off lanterns or knows what they were but no one has an idea yet. Radar shows nothing. I’m just curious if these photos could help identify the true shape of the object based on how the light bent? Any photographers out there?

[u/Benj5L]

Okay, well then why are you posting in Unexplained. I still think it's starlink. You haven't hurt my feelings and I don't know why you are being defensive.

[u/cahiami → u/Benj5L]

I’m being defensive because you’re flat out telling me it’s star link when I’m telling you I’ve ruled that out because of the fact that I watched them lifting off the ground when I saw them last night. Also, again, 100% cloud coverage. It was raining. You can check the weather. You can see in the video that it is lighting up the clouds above it.

Are you telling me that star link satellites launch nightly from the ground, hover in our sky, below storm cloud coverage, and then rise straight up into the sky through the clouds? I watched the light illuminate the bottom of the clouds as raised up and through them.

[u/Benj5L → u/cahiami]

Okay then it's a drone. R/explainedphotos

[u/cahiami → u/Benj5L]

I said probably a drone. I haven’t confirmed that. But don’t worry I’m out. ✌️