A few years ago I lived in Georgia. I was riding in the car with my mom (about 18 at the time) and we were driving out of Griffin towards I-75 on a connecting Highway. We were about 50 yards from Wani Rd where we lived at the time. It was late... dark, I had looked at the clock only moments before -- 9:30.
I looked down at my phone and realized Mom had stopped the car. She hits me on the leg and asks if I see that. "See what?" I realize there's a ball of light, probably 3-4 feet in diameter on the left side of the road. As I look around, there's another one on the other side of the road. They are sending rings down in threes into the ground, a beautiful soft light and it was just dead quiet. For anyone who has so much as visited Georgia, they'll know the constant steady whine of cicadas (spelling) is something that you hear during the summer; it just doesn't stop but for 5-10 second spans.
They hovered there before shooting straight up and disappearing into the night sky. My mom and I walked through the door to tell my step-dad what had happened and he asked where we had been, that he was really worried about us. It was 10:15. We were 5 minutes away from the house at the absolute most, and we thought we had watched whatever it was for maybe.. maybe a minute at best.
We still have no idea what it is, but I've never been so awstruck in my life. The memory is so vivid, I can still remember the utter stillness around us, like she and I, and the orbs, were all that was left on Earth.
I've thought long and hard, researched ball lightening and other electrical phenomenon and just can't figure it out.