1999-01-25 - San Francisco, CA - Sphere

Moon shaped, reddish-orange sphere (sligtly obscurred by clouds) object quickly descended into the ocean water in the horizon in front of my windows.

At 0112 hrs, on the 1/25/1999, my wife called me into our bedroom with windows (WEST) overlooking the Pacific Ocean. She was excited at seeing a beautiful object which she thought was a moon. I looked out and immediately noticed a reddish-orange glowing roundish object on the horizon. I scrambled to put on my glasses. We noticed that the object was very far and with its size about 50% larger than the sun when it sets down. The object was slightly obscured (maybe it was its shape) by the clouds. It was also quickly moving down into the water. By the time I found my binoculars and a camera the object was 40% into the water/horizon. It soon dispeared into the horizon. The whole experience took about 3-5 minutes. My wife claimed to have seen the aicraft extinguished its lights as it went over the affected area through her binoculars --- I can't verify that. We also noticed a great number of lights blinking on the ocean horizon, approximately 10-25 miles. These lights were all evenly spaced between each other, covering most of the horizon visible from our window. The lights were all white with the exception of the two lights, one green and one red, between which the object disappeared. These lights were also the closest between each other. In all there were approximately 8-9 lights -- to me it seemed that some Navy or something sealed the area of possible activity/landing. This activity seemed unusual to me. The lights were active as we went to bed 2 hours later. I am college educated and well read. This is a first UFO experience for both of us. The next day, at 1645hrs, I called US coast guard in San Francisco to inquire about possible Navy activity, other reports, etc. -- there were none. Nothing close to my description was logged by anyone.