2005-08-12 - Reno, NV - Light

I saw three strange lights moving erratically over the foothills behind my house, departing in different directions at different times.

I was outside in the early morning watching the end of the meteor shower when I noticed two very unusually bright lights near the mountain behind my house that I at first dismissed as stars. One was located to the West, the other toward the Northeast. As the sky grew lighter, I noticed that the lights had not moved from their positions, but the rest of the stars had. Upon closer observation, I saw that the light in the Northeast was rising into the sky very very slowly, and was also darting slightly from side to side. I then noticed a dimmer light a little below it also start to rise in the same manner, but almost immediately moved in an Easterly direction, disappearing shortly afterward. Then the brighter light seemed to stop rising and just hovered, still making small darts from side to side. I then started watching the other light to the West and noticed it was moving side to side as well. This one, however stayed closer to the ground, only rising a bit, then sinking down again and again. The movements were subtle, but it was undoubtedly moving. I have never heard of or seen any kind of vehilcle that moves like these lights did. Both the lights I saw made no noise, and flickered at an irregular rate. Each time they flickered, the color seemed to change slightly, from white to blue, to yellow, and I think red, too, but each color was so bright and blended together it was hard to tell. I'm also pretty sure they changed shape slightly as they flickered. The lights stayed like this for a while and all I could do was stare and try to process what I was seeing. Eventually, the Northeast light seemed to move away East across the valley and I lost sight of it, so I kept watching the one to the West. Almost as soon as the other light left, this light's movements became more pronounced, rising higher, then sinking, and moving back and forth along the hill. Each time it sank lower and lower until I lost it behind the hill. I immediately ran into my house, put on some shoes, and raced out into the desert to find it. I ran around the hill I saw it disappear behind and saw the light again, still moving in the same manner, but it was moving away over the mountain at a steady pace. All I could do was watch it zig zag farther and farther away. It appeared to stop a few times as it did so, but it eventually rounded the side of the mountain and I could no longer see it.

I have always believed in UFOs but never actually thought I would see one. I was raised in a good family, I get along well with my parents and sisters, and have never been known to lie about something like this. I am not on drugs and do not have any mental disorders that would cause me to see this. I still cannot believe what I've seen. I have no rational explanation. I feel like I must sound completely crazy since I'm the only person who saw this, especially on the night of a meteor shower. I am absolutely positive, though, that these lights were not stars or meteors or airplanes or anything I've seen before. I am absolutely dumbfounded.