Metallic disc-like objects that appeared briefly, then vanished.

I noticed a tiny, rectangular cloud in the SW, about 40 degrees above the horizon in an otherwise cloudless sky. The cloud was strange looking, so I took a photo and instantly noticed a very bright, round object appear some distance to the left of the cloud. This object disappeared, and I looked away for perhaps 3-4 seconds. When I looked back, a short, vertical contrail or cloud was fully formed in the same area. This trail was roughly 25 times the length of the small rectangular cloud that was still apparent and intact to its right. I began to take photos of that area of sky, when another bright object appeared briefly to the left of and above the trail. After this object (#2) vanished, another tiny vertical, rectangular cloud appeared some distance beneath that object’s location. The cloud seemed to reverse-fade into existence fully formed, rather than spreading forward as a contrail would do. I called a neighbor who quickly began watching, too. We were discussing the odd trail and tiny rectangular clouds, when another bright object appeared near the trail (#3). Neither of us could switch back to our camera screen fast enough, so there are no images of #3, and no associated cloud or trail formation appeared. After the first photo, #7268, the number sequence skipped to #7272 and then continued in the proper sequence. I’m not sure if photos were taken and are missing, or if the sequence simply skipped those numbers for some technical reason. I was using an iPhone 12. There are 8 photos, but I was only allowed to upload 4. For reference, the first photo shows the first tiny cloud above and to the right of the telephone pole.