2005-09-10 - Grass Valley, OR - Light

Bright streaks across the night sky light up surrounding area's below as if it were daylight

Saw four streaks of light across the night sky. The streaks of light lit up the surrounding area's below as if it were daytime but only in the area's below the streaks. They remained that way for five minutes, maybe more. I was driving my car home, as I saw the streaks, it seemed as daytime around me - i could see clear blue skies and then it slowly faded. As I got nearer my home - there appeared to be other bright spots in the sky around the area - they lit up quickly and then faded quickly. I have never experienced anything quite like it before. It did not seem to be a meteor shower - there was no tails of light or streaks??? I didn't see any crafts or objects, but the lights were so bright it was hard to tell where they were coming from or where they originated from exactly - it was four distinct area's in the sky that were bright and lit up and then it all faded the same and then it was very dark.