So I took some steps back to ensure the overhead lights weren't causing the distortion, and took this one.
Then I noticed in my peripheral vision a purple light like a "orb" or "rod" not the dust most people in this field call an orb, but a true orb seen in these pics of me trying to follow it. You can see in the pics it's emitting it's own light, a purplish blue light that's in contrast to the yellowish lights in the room. Also the phone has no flash or illumination to cause it to reflect. In the last pic you can see the orb has just passed to the left and illuminated the the edge of cloud that was still there. It was moving so fast that by the time I pushed "capture" it was out of frame. But these are the best I could catch using my cell phone. Next time I'll bring my Nikon and K2 then we'll see what it catches.