A single round object traveling due west stopped and another similar object emerged and flew southwest. First object continued west.

At the time of this sighting, I lived South of Brookley Field, an old Air Force base shut down in the 60's, now a commercial industrial park with a still active airport. I believe it was late spring or early summer in the mid 1980's (possibly 1984-1985). It was shortly after 5:00 p.m. on a bright cloudless evening. The sun was in the west and the sky was still blue. I saw a shiny metallic object about the size of a lower-case "o" flying east to west, north of my location. At the time, I was relatively knowledgeable about many different types of aircraft. Brookley Field was and is still an active airport, and there were military airshows held there occasionally. The first thing I noticed was the object appeared to be reflecting the light of the sun, it did not appear to be producing it's own light. There was no contrail. It was travelling steadily due west. I first assumed it was a high-flying airplane. It then, without slowing down, stopped in mid air. I thought it may have been a helocopter, but it was higher in the sky than I had ever seen one before. I moved over to where I could see the object and a tree for purposes of verifying that it had indeed become stationary and to use the tree for a reference point. While I was observing the object, another object appeared to come from the first object. This object was slightly smaller than the first, and it moved off in a southwesterly direction from the first object. It was similar in appearance to the first, shiny metallic in color. it seemed to go from a dead stop to a steady pace with no transition speed noticed. There was no contrail, or smoke behind this object either. I observed this object until it was out of sight to the southwest. The first object then continued on to the west, again going from stopped to its previous speed without any transition. It continued due west until it was out of site.
Date is approximate.  PD