I was pondering the difference between current UFO reports and older ones before I even read the account from 1947 included in your post, but it seems to confirm what I was thinking. It seems like most UFO reports used to be of “solid” objects, usually “saucer” shaped, and usually “metallic”. Today’s UFO reports often have none of those and rarely, if ever, have all 3 of those. It seems nowadays we hear about “orbs” and “balls of light”. Is this just my imagination? Any thoughts?
A couple of thoughts. Moving so slowly it could have been a balloon that was lit.
Ten years ago there was a story in this area about a UFO at night out in the western end of the county. The cops went out and reported they could see it. They watched it and then went to where it was hovering over. It was a person flying a kite with lights.
Sometimes it’s just people having fun. A little spice of life.