I briefly saw a formation of lights over norht Orange County, California late Sunday night, July 20, 2004.
I was driving West on Imperial Highway in Brea, California, after having turned left from going northbound on Kraemer Boulevard. There are a lot of shopping center lights and traffic lights around there, but as I was looking up and towards the west at either of the first two upcoming traffic lights - I don't remember precisely where I was along this stretch of Imperial Highway - I was startled to see a formation of lights gently angling from the southeast to the northwest, and from there, symmetrically back to the northeast. There were about seven lights making up the south-lying line, and one or two making up the north-lying line. There seemed to be one light at the tip, but it may have been my mind filling that spot in with a light. It was like seeing a marqueed side and tip of a triangle pointing and possibly also moving in the sky in the same direction in which I was moving in my car. I would estimate that the lights were located above Brea, La Habra, or Whittier. The color of the lights was uniform - a pinkish gold, similar to street or parking lot lights. The size of each light was not impressive - about the size of a light from an airplane or jet. It was the formation of these lights that was startling. The lights moved completely uniformly, causing me to think that they formed the perimeter of a dark triangular or arrow-shaped object in the sky. The formation disappeared in a couple seconds, and did not reappear. I called my brother on my cell phone as I arrived home because he "believes in UFOs" and I "don't". I decided to go back to the intersection where I turned left to see if I could reproduce the optical illusion, and he agreed, asking me to be careful driving. I retraced my path, but the second time I saw no such formation in the sky, nor could I see how any reflections or glare from Kraemer Boulevard to Placentia Avenue, looked anything like the formation I undoubtedly saw earlier.
I was driving West on Imperial Highway in Brea, California, after having turned left from going northbound on Kraemer Boulevard. There are a lot of shopping center lights and traffic lights around there, but as I was looking up and towards the west at either of the first two upcoming traffic lights - I don't remember precisely where I was along this stretch of Imperial Highway - I was startled to see a formation of lights gently angling from the southeast to the northwest, and from there, symmetrically back to the northeast. There were about seven lights making up the south-lying line, and one or two making up the north-lying line. There seemed to be one light at the tip, but it may have been my mind filling that spot in with a light. It was like seeing a marqueed side and tip of a triangle pointing and possibly also moving in the sky in the same direction in which I was moving in my car. I would estimate that the lights were located above Brea, La Habra, or Whittier. The color of the lights was uniform - a pinkish gold, similar to street or parking lot lights. The size of each light was not impressive - about the size of a light from an airplane or jet. It was the formation of these lights that was startling. The lights moved completely uniformly, causing me to think that they formed the perimeter of a dark triangular or arrow-shaped object in the sky. The formation disappeared in a couple seconds, and did not reappear. I called my brother on my cell phone as I arrived home because he "believes in UFOs" and I "don't". I decided to go back to the intersection where I turned left to see if I could reproduce the optical illusion, and he agreed, asking me to be careful driving. I retraced my path, but the second time I saw no such formation in the sky, nor could I see how any reflections or glare from Kraemer Boulevard to Placentia Avenue, looked anything like the formation I undoubtedly saw earlier.
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Occurred : 6/20/2004 22:15 (Entered as : 06/20/2004 22:15) Reported: 6/21/2004 10:01:38 PM 22:01 Posted: 6/23/2004 Location: Brea, CA Shape: Formation Duration: 2 seconds Characteristics: There were lights on the object
I briefly saw a formation of lights over norht Orange County, California late Sunday night, July 20, 2004.