This is a European Hornet queen, a type of wasp. (It's a female, as no male social wasps exist this time of year.) Wasp queens overwinter solo in a sheltered spot (in nature, that would be under a log, in crevices between boulders, etc.) and can find their way into homes during autumn, where they hunker-down and essentially hibernate until spring. As they become active with warming temps and lengthening days, they try to find a way out of the house and often get trapped by windows or lamps because light sources usually indicate a way out (say, the sky) of an enclosed space in nature.

You can capture the wasp and let her go outside. This species nests in cavities, usually holes in trees rather than voids in walls, but it is possible, so you can check the exterior of the home and seal-up any access points around vent covers, pipe or electric entry points, gaps/cracks, worn-down weather-stripping, etc.

You can learn about their life cycle in the page linked above if you're curious. The various social wasps in our region essentially have the same pattern of life cycle, and only solo queens (and maybe a few workers for any yellowjackets or paper wasps already starting to nest) are present this early in the year.

Miri