Me and my girlfriend were out driving around for a couple of hours enjoying the night and came to a rest at a boat launch for a cigarette and stretch a leg but decided not to get out of the car, because we noticed a dim darker orange glowing football shaped object hovering over the lake about a mile away and possibly 500 meters in the air in a northeast direction. there was absolutely no sound made but the waves lapping against the shore. the object was just sitting there hovering with a pulsating dull dark orange glow. it gave us both a chill to see such an incredible thing, and as soon as we were going to for our phones to try snap a picture.... the object kind of dropped down several meters and then shot up into the sky at a crazy speed soundless leaving an orange trail behind that lasted only a few seconds. it was around 1:20am when this sighting took place and by 1:25am it was over and we were then in a hurry to get out of there fast as we could. this was the most incredible thing i have ever seen in my life as well as my girlfriend but so very very strange. the exact location was at the old lac la biche mission, alberta. canada.