I stepped outside before dawn this morning to listen to the first birdsong of the day. Standing in the damp grass, I drew a deep lungful of sweet air and kept still, listening, listening. Off in the northern sky, traveling south by southeast, was what I first took to be an airplane. But the light was over-bright, had no flashing lights, and was traveling at a very high and steady speed, like a lethargic comet. I watched the light until it was gone from my sight, and then I went back inside and fetched my phone to check my suspicion. And there it was. An app on my phone confirmed…