I was playing Frisbee with my son, so looking up towards the sky, in a S, SW direction at the time, when I noticed a bright circular or round object in the sky. At first I thought it was a plane and the sun's reflection off it, since it was around 3 pm, and I was looking in a direction that is a common flight path over the central US, in NE. But then I noticed that it moved very little. It then moved behind some thin clouds and I lost sight of it. I then told my son to come over and try to see what I was seeing. I looked up again and it had reappeared and was in a new position, just South of its last position. I really noticed then that its brightness was significantly more than the reflection of a plane, well over a mile up, and the shape was more like an orb, circular than anything. It hovered very little in that position, then just disappeared from view.I at once felt very enthused that I had possibly seen something I always wanted to see. This is why I am reporting it, as the event was definitely an anomaly, not the usual view of a jet going overhead. It was also not a helicopter by the unusual flight path, if you call it that. The whole account lasted only 30 seconds I guess. My son didn't arrive at my position in time to see anything.