Large reddish orange light that dropped many more lights out of it, and some smaller same colored lights shot out the top.
I do star parties for hire with a large telescope I designed and built.
At 12:50 a.m., I was going east on Trancas Street in Napa, CA, heading home from a star party. I observed a large orange/red circular light over about the area of the Queen of the Valley Hospital, about a quarter mile away from my position, moving slowly north to south, maybe 500-750 feet high (it looked lower than an airplane at pattern altitude). The diameter of the circular light I observed I'd say was on the order of about the diameter of the length of a small airplane viewed at that distance, perhaps a bit smaller, so while very subjective, perhaps in the range of 20' diameter.
As I watched it slowly moving, it dropped a large light out of it! It fell straight down! And then it dropped another and another and then a whole string of maybe 6 or more! And more smaller lights shot out the top of the thing going up!
I did get some pictures but of course they're not great.
The lights were BRIGHT, and a dark reddish orange in color.
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))
I have enough doubt now that I should rescind my report I made yesterday re. Napa, CA. I think it was a tribute balloon on fire a lot closer to me than I thought.
I do star parties for hire with a large telescope I designed and built.
At 12:50 a.m., I was going east on Trancas Street in Napa, CA, heading home from a star party. I observed a large orange/red circular light over about the area of the Queen of the Valley Hospital, about a quarter mile away from my position, moving slowly north to south, maybe 500-750 feet high (it looked lower than an airplane at pattern altitude). The diameter of the circular light I observed I'd say was on the order of about the diameter of the length of a small airplane viewed at that distance, perhaps a bit smaller, so while very subjective, perhaps in the range of 20' diameter.
As I watched it slowly moving, it dropped a large light out of it! It fell straight down! And then it dropped another and another and then a whole string of maybe 6 or more! And more smaller lights shot out the top of the thing going up!
I did get some pictures but of course they're not great.
The lights were BRIGHT, and a dark reddish orange in color.
((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS))
I have enough doubt now that I should rescind my report I made yesterday re. Napa, CA. I think it was a tribute balloon on fire a lot closer to me than I thought.
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Occurred : 4/23/2017 00:50 (Entered as : 04/23/17 0:50) Reported: 4/23/2017 12:24:00 PM 12:24 Posted: 4/28/2017 Location: Napa, CA Shape: Sphere Duration: 1 minute Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object emitted other objects
Large reddish orange light that dropped many more lights out of it, and some smaller same colored lights shot out the top.