SIGHTING: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"Friday, nov. 22 at 13:15 local time. i was walking back to my hotel near the airport when i noticed a 747, leaving a large contrail and heading in an easterly direction. i used to fly the 747 as a captain for a charter airline, so i know one when i see one. as i was watching, i observed two tiny ( to my eye ), silvery "dots" near the 747's contrail. it was impossible to gage the relative altitude of the objects to the contrail. the objects appeared stationary. i'd estimate about 1 - 2 miles apart. my orientation was south of the objects, looking north. object 1 was west of object 2. it then became apparent the objects were moving very slowly towards the west. i initially thought i was seeing two silver "party balloons" drifting along. not the case! both objects appeared to be morphing in shape, reflecting the sun and never presenting a constant form. as i watched, object 2 began to move south and west of object 1 while object 1 remained stationary. this continued until object two was no longer visible. at this point in time, object 1 began "following" object 2! both went out of sight to the west. using my iphone compass, i determined the winds aloft were from approximately 030 degrees, based on cloud upper level movement. the objects departed the area on a 290 degree course! they were not drifting with the wind!! very exciting! "