Tail of a Moving Orb

Photo date: January 13, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a bright orb that seems to be ascending up into the sky like some launched rocket.   The orb was photographed in midtown Manhattan.

There was no rain, fog, mist or precipitation on this night.  Skeptics fail miserably when they try to explain these "orb tails." Sometimes they claim they are falling raindrops, even though I have more than 60 photos of such "orb tails" taken in completely dry outdoor weather (and the orb shown here is rising, not falling).  Then there is the "moving insect" explanation, which completely fails for a photo like this because insects are not round, insects don't move fast enough to produce an effect like we see here, and moving insects don't fly about in New York City during January.