Tiny asteroids will do that, at just about that angle and just about that effect. Figure a ten pound or smaller piece of celestial rock, traveling at relatively high speed, piercing a puffy cloud. Has anyone puffed a breath through cigarette smoke, it's the same thing. Shoot a BB through cigar smoke, you'll see.
Yep, I say asteroid. Little ones hit the ground all the time. Big ones are seen at night.
Now, catching it on camera makes it a UFO for sure. The military definition is unidentified flying object. It's not space ships with green men but, a space ship like earth, traveling through the neighborhood. UFOs are spotted all the time.
Asteroid.
One more visual... a cannon going off with lots of smoke would make a perfect forward moving ring of smoke.
Tiny asteroids will do that, at just about that angle and just about that effect. Figure a ten pound or smaller piece of celestial rock, traveling at relatively high speed, piercing a puffy cloud.
My 2c:
That's not at a relatively high speed, but an extremely high speed. Problem #2 with a meteor is they are glowing red/white when the pass through the atmosphere.
I once saw what must have been a meteor during daytime, tumbling, and it was glowing fiercely. And it wasn't going anywhere near as fast as this thing seemed to go.
This object was dark and not glowing, so I say it rules out a meteor.
That's not at a relatively high speed, but an extremely high speed. Problem #2 with a meteor is they are glowing red/white when the pass through the atmosphere.
I once saw what must have been a meteor during daytime, tumbling, and it was glowing fiercely. And it wasn't going anywhere near as fast as this thing seemed to go.
I once was traveling from AZ to San Diego at night, and was passing through the mountains. I saw a bright green object falling down, it seemed to be on fire but the flames were green. It almost seemed to be falling WAY too slow for a meteor, and it eventually passed behind one of the mountains where I assumed it had hit.
Thing is, there was no sound, yet it appeared to only be about 10 miles away or less, judging by the relative distance of the mountain it passed behind. And it seemed to be pretty damn big as well, where if it HAD been a meteor there would have at least been a flash of light when it hit and some sort of thud or loud crack. Like I said, it seemed to be traveling very slow for a meteor, almost more like it was descending with some sort of propulsion keeping it at a slow velocity.
It creeped me out big time, and as I was by myself on a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, I was just hoping that my car didn't decide to break down. Made it to SD without incident, as far as I can remember at least.