NUFORC Sighting 167598

Occurred: 2022-04-23 21:00 Local
Reported: 2022-04-23 23:47 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes to an hour
No of observers: 2

Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Location details: Looked slightly west southwest. Approximately 30 degrees elevation

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Colo

Looked west from our doorstep at 9pm and saw a large shimmering lights. The colors were almost sparkling whites, reds, blues.

Saw this when I took the dog for a walk. Asked my wife to come see it. It was very bright. She sat and watched with me for a few minutes then went back inside. She thought it was strange too. I walked the dog and came back a few minutes later and it was still there. I sat down and watched from my stoop which faces south. Took a photo and a video but it didn't quite capture the colors. The shimmer was not like a star. Honestly, it could have been a drone. There was almost a hovering movement - slightly up, down, left, right. However it seemed too far and too high to be a drone. Great colors. No discernible shape.

That's about it! I went inside and came back out to check a few times. It seemed to slowly move lower in the sky until was gone. (I checked Venus. It set around 3pm PST in San Diego today). Any ideas or similiar reports?

Posted 2022-05-31