Short flash like falling star, then stopped suddenly as a bright orb and started crossing sky southeastward

Observation Details

Location

Levittown, NY

40.7259°N, -73.5143°W

New York, United States

Witness Account

I was ready to leave my driveway around 8pm on Saturday September 16, 2023 and was startled to observe a short flash, very defined light burst where I looked up to the left in the dark sky, which appeared similar to a falling star but much shorter and wider, and probably a mile high. It then stopped and turned into a round bright light. I grabbed my phone, and started to video. It was spherical, like an orb, and moved steadily across the sky going south and east. It was also very high in the sky and I was able to film about two minutes on my phone camera but the video was a little shaky because I was walking down my driveway to keep filming it because it was going behind the trees, from my view. After I could no longer see it to film, I reviewed the video. The zoomed in shots are of a sphere, that changed colors, including golden yellow, light blues and light red, and one photo (if clear, looks like something sitting inside?) Definitely not a plane, lantern, or drone. I will include the video and the zoomed photos I have from screenshots of frames. I don’t know if anyone else in the area saw this, but I did call the 8th Police Precinct. The area was initially approximately 40.729 Latitude, -73.504 Longitude. Please let me know any information that may be shared. Thank you.

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