How would you make sense of a strange sighting two people shared?

I’d separate what you observed from what it might have been. You both noticed a bright shape, but the description alone can’t tell whether it was a light source, something partly obscured, an unusual sky effect, or something else. The end-of-world prediction gives the timing extra weight, but it doesn’t establish a connection.

If you want to investigate, sketch the direction and apparent height, note the weather and nearby lights, and check whether anyone else reported anything in the area that night. Those details may narrow things down, though they might not settle it.

The fact that two people noticed it is worth recording, but it doesn’t automatically mean you had two fully independent observations. You were together, looking at the same thing, and your memories may have influenced each other afterward. If you can, write down your own recollection separately from your friend’s before comparing details. Include what you’re uncertain about, not just the parts that feel clear.

The sudden sleepiness is part of the account too, but on its own it doesn’t identify a cause. I’d avoid treating it as proof that something made you go to bed.

It can be a memorable and unsettling experience without needing to decide immediately that it was supernatural or completely explained. The prediction may have made the sighting feel connected to a larger event, especially in the moment. That feeling is understandable, but it’s separate from evidence that the prediction came true or that the light was related to it.

Keeping the story as “we saw something we couldn’t identify” is a fair conclusion if that’s all the details support.