Red blinking lights darting and surging high in the night sky
While on the second story balcony of my townhouse, I noticed red blinking lights very high in the western sky. They darted sideways and diagionally in a seemly random pattern; staying within the same general area of the sky. Occasionaly they would surge (sometimes two consecutive surges) extremely fast in a direction, leaving a briefly visible trail of light. When an aircraft flying north to south approached and flew past the area of the lights (but at a lower altitude),the red lights moved into the Western horizon and eventually disappeared from my vision behind a tree (at approximatley 9:30pm).
While on the second story balcony of my townhouse, I noticed red blinking lights very high in the western sky. They darted sideways and diagionally in a seemly random pattern; staying within the same general area of the sky. Occasionaly they would surge (sometimes two consecutive surges) extremely fast in a direction, leaving a briefly visible trail of light. When an aircraft flying north to south approached and flew past the area of the lights (but at a lower altitude),the red lights moved into the Western horizon and eventually disappeared from my vision behind a tree (at approximatley 9:30pm).
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Modesto
USA
approx 15 minutes
approx 15 minutes
37.66
-120.99
light
CA
Occurred : 7/19/2004 21:15 (Entered as : 07/19/2004 21:15) Reported: 7/21/2004 6:06:35 AM 06:06 Posted: 7/25/2004 Location: Modesto, CA Shape: Light Duration: approx 15 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Red blinking lights darting and surging high in the night sky