Family descriptions of drones over the holidays

I don't often bring up uaps or the sort with family, except a brother in law that flies army helicopters. He and I think the congressional testimony in the past few years are legit but haven't had sightings ourselves. This Christmas, two family members brought it up on their own, which was really unusual.

1st was my uncle driving on the interstate at night. He was in a 100+ mile stretch of small towns in Alabama and saw what he called a huge drone flying right over the interstate then surging way into the sky at night. Seemed kinda weird but not wild

2nd was really strange because it came from my sister. She lives in a convent in downtown Nashville Tennessee. Her congregation goes out and teaches, they watch news, they're not shut in all day but don't own personal phones. She and some sisters were on their property during the day, and a V-formarion of what she called "bird shaped" drones flew right above them and stopped. The wings were completely motionless. She described them next as "like a marvel movie space ship turning invisible" and moving away. As they moved she said she wouldn't have been able to tell they were moving unless they were already watching them.

This was really strange to hear coming from people whom I've never heard talk about UFOs or anything related to that. The first sighting I think is explainable, but I have no clue about the second one with multiple witnesses in broad daylight. Any guesses? She said they looked like they were "trying" to look like birds but didn't move. I've heard of light hitting the underside of birds but that doesn't sound like she described.

Has anyone else heard from folks they would never have guessed to bring up these things? I know a lot of people dislike calling them drones but it seems to be opening up the average person to talking about the odd things they see in the sky.