NUFORC Sighting 29685

Occurred: 2003-07-11 22:00 Local
Reported: 2003-07-11 19:32 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Bay Shore, NY, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

Strange red lights over Bay Shore

While coming home from work driving east on Sunrise Highway in eastern Bay Shore, I saw what appeared to be a hovering helicopter in the northeast sky. It looked to be over maybe Islip Terrace or so....

I made the next exit onto a side street to see the helicopter, but it was blocked out by trees. Instead, going northwest towards Brentwood and Commack, I saw a pair of red lights side by side. They looked pretty far apart, so if they were on airplane wingtips, either the plane was very large, or flying very low.

I had gotten out of my vehicle by this point and heard nothing. I also saw no other lights between them to suggest any kind of airplane I've ever seen (like a tail light or something). It kept moving away from me at a pretty fast pace and faded from view in the northwest sky.

Posted 2003-07-16

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