Circle over Coeur d’Alene, ID

The report, as filed

Went outside to take a night photo of my yard with iPhone 11 and a tripod. Hear a very loud HC coming from a distance and looked up to see it pass low over the tree-line. That is when I saw two additional objects bright white, quite a ways up in the night sky. I did not think to much of them, as I figured they were satellites, but they started to move erratically. I noticed another 4-5 in the sky. Some had to be closer, while others further away, as they were less bright and smaller in size. What struck we was the flight patterns, it was illogical what these objects were doing. They would go slowly one direction, stop (or almost) and then loop around the other direction, as if it was me playing with a laser pointer in the sky. My iPhone allows me to take night photos. I was able to capture a scene with two of the objects streaking on a 5 second night shutter count. Somehow (before trying the intended attempt) while taking one of my iPhone pics of my yard, wh! ile reviewing the picture, I noticed this long white streak in the background of that photo. This photo was using a 25 second night mode shot, on a tripod. I have never seen objects like these ones before ... whatever they were.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #156233). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.