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Occurred : 8/9/2005 03:45 (Entered as : 08/09/2005 3:45)
Reported: 8/9/2005 9:21:57 AM 09:21
Posted: 9/2/2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Shape: Unknown
Duration:a few seconds
silent white and red lights filling my backyard two hours before space shuttle landing.

This was a weird experience. I was sick with the flu and awake on my couch in the complete darkness. Light filled up my backyard (like a helicopter spotlight). The light was bright and stayed for a second then went away. I went to the backdoor to look into the sky looking for a helicopter. Then the more lights began shining down. Red lights. Then the went away. I open the door and stood outside looking for a helicopter. It was dead silent when I stepped outside. no helicopter sounds or airplane sounds. The lights seemed so close I should have heard the helicopter if that's what it was. Later that morning I heard the sonic boom of the space shuttle which landed around two hours after this event. I wonder if the lights could have been associated with that?