NUFORC Sighting 158986

Occurred: 2020-08-19 22:00 Local
Reported: 2020-08-30 15:29 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Fort Morgan, AL, USA

Shape: Circle

Stationary large orange red lights, one light moving out from another to become to separate lights

On the beach at Fort Morgan, AL on August 19 around 9:45 pm. My sister and I were on deck of beach house looking south and out over the gulf, at I guess a 30 to 40 degree angle, we saw an orangey red light (appeared larger than Jupiter that was visible that night) in the sky. It was not moving. A second light seemed to move out from the first and they both were stationary for a moment and then disappeared. I few seconds later, another orangey red light of the same size appeared then after a moment disappeared. After a couple of seconds another red light appeared and as in the first instance, a second light seemed to move out from the first and both were stationary and then they disappeared. Although the lights were stationary when they appeared, the location of each event seemed to very slightly more eastward. Although not certain, it seems that the appearance of the second single light was slightly lower than the two events involving 2 lights.

After the sighting, we called other people out on to the deck in hopes that they would see it too. There were approximately 15 of us. No more red lights appeared but at about 10:30 pm, to the west above the shoreline, a consecutive burst of lights appeared, seemed like 5 total, then disappeared. It was quick and those who saw it were left with different impressions. Some thought the lights looked almost square, other though round and some though maybe just cloudy puffs of something. However, one of us got a photo with a phone although it is fuzzy, the photo definitely shows it was lights, not anything cloudy or flame-like.

I am aware that there is an airport somewhere to the west of where we were located. Considering that, there may be a plausible explanation for the lights. However, the red light were definitely not the common red light you see on aircraft. There are quite a few planes flying at night at that location and these lights were oranger, larger, lower and stationary. And I’ve never seen anything like the second phenomenon.

Posted 2020-09-04