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Hello Leo,
Thanks for your story. I do wonder how people "know" how big an object is, or how far away an object is when said object is seen in the sky with (generally) no reference points or perspectives to aid in making an accurate assessment of size and distance.
You said ... "The thing was silent and stationary no more than 200 feet away".
Unless an object passes in front of another object of known size, or an observer moves to determine any parallax of a foreground object against more distant background objects, then how does one know how big something is or how close (or distant) an object is - especially an object seen in the virtually featureless sky?
Out of curiosity, how were you able to know the object you saw was "no more than 200 feet away"?
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Paul
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