Occurred: 2008-12-07 20:55 Local
Reported: 2008-12-07 21:14 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: San Diego, CA, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Aircraft nearby

Motionless Red and Orange Flickering Light in the sky that appeared and slowly faded away (No Movement)

I was sitting inside my room upstairs on MCAS Miramar base housing. My bedroom window was open and I happened to glance outside and when I did I noticed a bright flickering red and and orange light outside in the night time sky. It caught my attention and I immediatly told my 8 year old son who was in bed with me to look outside the window. He saw it and said it looked like a blowing up star but I tried to tell him that it was not a star.

I went outside on my balcony and watched the mysterious light. It was flickering red and orange and I noticed a moving aircraft near it, possibly a helicopter or small jet. What really caught my attention was the fact that the object I was looking at did not move at all. If it was a aircraft, it would have moved either to the right or left or something but this light was just in the sky with no movement. I watched it for about 1 minute outside and then it just faded away!!

The object was north of the base and looked close to the coast if I had to estimate its location. It was close enough that I could see the two distinct colors of red and orange but far enough away that I could not see any type of shape to the object except that it reminded me of a planet or something like that.

I dont know how long it had been in the sky, like I said I happened to glance out my window and when I noticed it something felt differant about it so I had to take a closer look and I did and it faded away......

Posted 2009-01-10

© 2023 National UFO Reporting Center. All rights reserved. Use or reproduction within any application without written consent is prohibited.