Egg over NYC (Brooklyn), NY

The report, as filed

The object I saw was clearly lower than air traffic in my area, and also moving in the opposite direction of the air traffic flow of my area. I was walking up the block, and as I was nearing the end of the block, and object moved over my head, and disappeared over the buildings. I moved up the block to get a better view, but there was nothing in the trajectory in which the object was moving. My best description of the object is that it was cylindrical, and had a light in front, with almost like a fog in front like it was passing through clouds. It's a pretty clear night, and it looked lower than the cloud line. I can't remember any blinking lights, but I do remember seeing a trail behind it, sort of like a shooting star. I can barely see anything in the sky in Brooklyn, and I've seen my fair share of shooting stars. It was too discernable to be one. I'm a pretty skeptical person, but after an hour of thinking about the event, I have no rational explanation for it, other than it being some new type of drone or something I've never seen before. It didn't move like your traditional consumer drone. There's also a missile launch tonight in Florida but this was way too close to the ground and too fast to be a missile, even if it was visible from New York.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #161987). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.