Molecular clouds at very high latitude ( b > 60 ^ { \circ } ) away from the Galactic plane are rare and in general are expected to be non-star-forming .
However , we report the discovery of two embedded clusters ( Camargo 438 and Camargo 439 ) within the high-latitude molecular cloud HRK 81.4-77.8 using WISE .
Camargo 439 with Galactic coordinates \ell = 81.11 ^ { \circ } and b = -77.84 ^ { \circ } is an \sim 2 Myr embedded cluster ( EC ) located at a distance from the Sun of d _ { \odot } = 5.09 \pm 0.47 kpc .
Adopting the distance of the Sun to the Galactic centre R _ { \odot } = 7.2 kpc we derive for Camargo 439 a Galactocentric distance of R _ { GC } = 8.70 \pm 0.26 kpc and a vertical distance from the plane of -4.97 \pm 0.46 kpc .
Camargo 438 at \ell = 79.66 ^ { \circ } and b = -78.86 ^ { \circ } presents similar values .
The derived parameters for these two ECs put HRK 81.4-77.8 in the halo at a distance from the Galactic centre of \sim 8.7 kpc and \sim 5.0 kpc from the disc .
Star clusters provide the only direct means to determine the high latitude molecular cloud distances .
The present study shows that the molecular cloud HRK 81.4-77.8 is currently forming stars , apparently an unprecedented event detected so far among high latitude clouds .
We carried out a preliminary orbit analysis .
It shows that this ECs are the most distant known embedded clusters from the plane and both cloud and clusters are probably falling ballistically from the halo onto the Galactic disc , or performing a flyby .