"I saw an object come up out of the trees and rise to the level of the Moon, while taking pictures to the East...

The orb seemed to be about a mile away and was much larger than the Moon shown to the left of the light.

He was using two 35 MM Pentex Cameras. The Pentex Camera program Plus was on a tripod, and the VXM 35 mm Pentex with 800 ASA Film was mounted on a telescope.

The close up was taken through O' Ryan Refractor 120 mm telescope.

source and references:

www.nationalufocenter.com