The glowing cloud with no rocket

The cases

1. 1977The Petrozavodsk phenomenonBefore dawn on 20 September 1977 a bright 'star' over Petrozavodsk sent pulses of light down, spread into a glowing 'jellyfish' that seemed to shower the city with fine rays, and moved off toward Lake Onega, leaving a hole in the clouds.
2. 1981The '7·24' spiral over western ChinaOn the night of 24 July 1981 people across western and south-central China watched a point of light grow into a huge silver spiral drifting west for several minutes.
3. 1982Korea's dawn wave: a glowing 'pillow' across the countryAt dawn on 12 October 1982 people in nine South Korean cities at once saw a bus-sized glowing body with a long silent tail moving east, and more than 90 called papers and police.
4. 2011The '8·20' giant sphere seen from an airlinerOn the evening of 20 August 2011 the crew of a China Southern flight at 35,000 ft watched a white sphere swell from a point to hundreds of times the Moon's size before fading, and more than ten other crews reported it.
5. 2026A bright light with an expanding trail filmed across Chile (24-25 October 2026)Hundreds of anonymous witnesses filmed the same bright light with an expanding trail in at least six Chilean cities on 24-25 October 2026.
6. 2026A blue-green glowing band over Vladivostok (27 October 2026)On the evening of 27 October 2026, residents across Vladivostok saw a large blue-green band of light cutting through the clouds.