Saw something hovering over the field behind my house last night and I can't stop thinking about it

Mate that feeling of not being able to stop thinking about it is exactly how you know it was something worth paying attention to. The brain keeps returning to things it cant categorise.

What colour was the light, and was it making any sound at all? Those two details usually help narrow things down a bit. Plenty of conventional explanations for hovering lights but there are a few cases where nothing fits no matter how hard you try to explain it away.

I had something similar over Arthur's Seat here in Edinburgh a few years back, just a silent object holding position for maybe 4 minutes then gone. Still no idea what it was. Would love to hear more detail from you if you're up for sharing.

@TenebrousCipher is absolutely right about that - the brain fixating on it is a massive tell.

What colour was the light and was it making any sound at all? Those two details alone will narrow this down considerably. In my experience photographing anomalous lights over the years, the ones that stay completely silent while hovering are the ones that genuinely don't fit conventional explanations. Drones make noise, helicopters make noise, even chinese lanterns drift and flicker. Something that just sits there silent over a field is a different matter entirely. Post whatever photos or video you managed to get, even if you think they're rubbish quality, people on here are pretty good at pulling detail out of a bad shot.

Really glad you posted this rather than just keeping it to yourself - a lot of people don't, and then the detail fades. Was there any sound at all, even a low hum or tone? That's often the first thing people forget to mention but it can be really telling when you compare notes with other reports from the area.