2012-12-24 - Santa Rosa, CA - Triangle

Three bright orange triangular lights seen by elementary school teacher on Christmas Eve-Not Santa's sleigh.

Three Orange Triangular Lights in the Sky It was Christmas Eve around 10:00 p.m. It was a clear night with what looked to be a full moon. The moon was shining bright with a huge white circular illumination. I went outside into my backyard to let my dog out to go to the bathroom. I sat down and waited for her. I looked up and saw an orange triangular light in the sky the size of a small plane. It was to the left of the moon’s light. I thought it odd because it was bright orange. I see planes overhead at night all the time and know that the planes’ lights blink white and orange. This object did not, but it didn’t get my attention just yet. I looked back down and continued to wait for my dog. When I looked back up again the object had not passed overhead. It was almost as if it had passed round again.

When I continued to look up in the sky I now saw another orange triangular light. I had never seen two “planes” so close together and thought it very strange. As I continued to look, a third orange light came into view. Now there were three orange lights in the sky in a triangular position. It was at this time, I believed without a doubt, that I was seeing some sort of U.F.O. I was scared but intrigued. I stared at the three objects for a while and waited for them to pass overhead but they didn’t. They just hovered. The lights never blinked like planes and it was silent.

Eventually, one light slowly moved to the right and out of my range of sight. It was blocked by my patio umbrella. I kept my eye on the two lights in front of me. Then one of the lights slowly moved to the left. By now the lights were getting smaller and shrinking into more of a circular orange light. My eyes darted back and forth between the two smaller orange lights until they became white like stars and faded off.

I just kept watching to see if the lights would come back but they didn’t. The next thing I saw in the sky was a plane. I watched it carefully to see what the lights would do. I saw orange and white lights blinking, and of course I heard the sound. What I had seen were clearly not planes.

I knew that what I had observed was extraordinary and told my family on Christmas day. Everyone believed me and told me to post my sighting. So here it is. I am an elementary school teacher and not into U.F.O. stuff at all. I truly believe what I saw was real and very strange. I feel lucky to have seen it.