NUFORC Sighting 122090

Occurred: 2013-04-01 23:30 Local
Reported: 2015-09-21 23:05 Pacific
Duration: 4-5 minutes
No of observers: 4

Location: Palm Springs, CA, USA

Shape: Formation
Characteristics: Lights on object

3 white lights the size and brightness of stars "playfully" circling around each other then flying out of sight in triangle.

In an open space on a hotel property I was informed by another couple to look up in the clear night sky. Almost directly above us my buddy and I observed 3 lights, approximately the brightness and color of medium lit stars. Lights did not blink nor change color. They appeared to be "playful" in the sense that they were making these elliptical turns around each other. Almost like they were playing chase or taking turns cornering each other.

My first impression was that they were birds. This couldn't be the case because they never changed shape or brightness through all their turns and gyrations. If they were aircraft of some sort, the same would apply. They reminded me of satellites that don't flicker or change in brightness as they move across the sky. No noise was ever heard.

After approximately 5 minutes they stopped "dancing" around each other, and steadily flew off and out of sight in a triangle pattern. My experience sounds very similar to the sightings reported here from San Jose, CA, hours earlier that night.

NUFORC Note:

Possibly advertising lights?? PD

Posted 2015-09-25