NUFORC Sighting 72891

Occurred: 2009-10-17 19:15 Local
Reported: 2009-10-17 19:56 Pacific
Duration: 15-30 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lakeside, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

unusal lights appearing in San Diego east county northwest sky

I noticed last night (10/16/2009) for the first time, and again tonight (10/17/09) the same unusual light in the sky from San Diego’s east county appearing in the north/ northwest sky that seemingly is a star, but upon closer observation with the naked eye I could tell this light had red and blue alternating lights near the top of it.

I went and got my rather small but good binoculars to reexamine the light. The red and blue lights were more pronounced and you could see how the red and blue lights seemed to move through one another unlike lights that would go on an off next to each other. The activity varies from minimal to very active some times going completely white for a split second then back to the colors.

It stays in the sky at the same spot like a star from about 7:15 PM until about 7:50 where it follows the curve of the earth and disappears with the horizon (at least it did last night).

As I am writing this at 7:34 PM, I walked back outside to see it again and it is now gone. I started writing the report five minutes ago and it was too high in the sky to go below the horizon that quick. Damn I knew I should have continued to watch it instead of writing this report. For those who are interested watch tomorrow night and see if it comes back. Let me know and respond on this website. (The light is not very high in the sky)

NUFORC Note:

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Posted 2009-12-12