Mystery UFO Orb Seen Outside Plane Window Over Texas

• When:  June 1st, 2017 at 7:13 AM
• Where: In the sky over East Texas
• What: Glowing orb observed outside plane window

A passenger on a plane headed to Dallas snapped a photo of the sky outside their window, and noticed a UFO in the photo, and then also saw it with their naked eye. The photo was even shared with the airplane pilot, who suggested it may be a "drug balloon" (MUFON case 84162):

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On Thursday June 1, 2017, I was on American Airlines flight #127 from Orlando to Dallas appx 20 minutes from landing at DFW, time was appx 7;13am the sun was impressive in the clouds, so I decided to take a picture. I snapped the attached photo with my Galaxy S7 phone and when reviewing it right after, I noticed the orb looking thing in the photo. I was seated in 3F.

I looked outside and the orb was difficult to see because the sun was bright, but it was there. We were traveling at about 400mph, at about 14,000 feet on approach so it is hard to judge movement. It appeared to move back into the clouds, but it could have been the planes flight path giving the appearance that it moved into the clouds. I showed the photo to the flight attendants who took the phone to show the rest of the crew, all of whom I could see their confusion and excitement about it. They asked me to show the captain upon landing, which I did. The captain said he thought it was a drug balloon (instead of a drone) and I said do they look like that and he admitted he had no idea. So he really didn't know what it was either, but said it appeared man-made. I had no idea what it was and still don't know what it could be. I would have not noticed it were it not for taking the photo as it was kind of tucked under the clouds and I was watching the sun. Eventually, after about 2 or 3 minutes, it went out of sight from my vantage point of looking out my plane portal window as the plane was still moving fast.

Everyone I've showed the photo to has been confused on what it could be, so I was hoping by submitting this, perhaps someone else saw the same thing, or you may have seen similar objects before and can clue me into what it could be. Thank you very much.

While a lens reflection cannot be seen with the naked eye, atmospheric phenomenon like ball lightning can be seen. Is that what we are seeing here? Or is this a drug balloon or man-made drone of some kind? Orbs flying alongside planes are, surprisingly, a common UFO sighting, most famously during World War II, when UFOs like these would show up alongside fighter jets,  so frequently that they were referred to as "foo fighters."