As reported

Light over Sausalito, CA

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Several white orbs of diffuse light circling and zig zagging above my house in Sausalito. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights? PD))

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August 14, 2018 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE

Sausalito, CA

My wife saw the small "planet-like" light first as she looked almost vertically overhead. I (her husband) looked up a minute or more later and also saw it hovering in the clear, dark sky. To both of us it seemed to adopt a fixed "central" or "home" location above us but would then very rapidly disappear and reappear in a new location that we estimated to be about six inches (on a ruler held at arm's length) away where it stopped for about 2 seconds. It then returned to its "central" location again for another 2-3 seconds before flitting away in another direction to a new location at the same angular distance as the first. This went on for around five minutes. If all of the object's/light's positions were connected with a line it would have been an approximate circle with a diameter of about 10 inches (on same ruler) or about 18 - 20 deg. arc. How did it disappear? Over some minutes the "central" position seemed to drift toward the south (it continued its symmetrical disappearing-reappearing act)where it eventually dimmed out completely. It seemed to be at a pretty high altitude, was whitish or silverish, between a star and a planet in angle (no shape could be seen), it was completely quiet, and we saw no airplanes in the sky at any time during the sighting. The object's brightness never changed and it left no visible trail or contrail. Winds were off the ocean and very clear (of smoke) that night. We know of no earth tremors either just before, during, or after the sighting. We reported it the next day to Dr. Haines by phone.

September 26, 2017 · 2:00 AM · OTHER

Sausalito, CA

Standing on the back deck facing west, I first saw a star that seemed alternately yellow and red. I thought it was a plane. Then I saw a plane fly past it, so it did not seem to be a plane itself. Then I saw a continual succession of what looked like falling stars. I thought that must be the answer, but as it continued, I realized it was very improbable. Another thing I saw was streams of red light that were looping around. I then thought it might be a a controlled toy drone which I've seen around here. But again the length of time it went on made that not seem likely and I couldn't explain the intermittenti ovals of small red lights as a drone. Then I saw several different phenomena: plumes of red and yellow lights that looked like flares or fireworks; red lights in an oval shape appearing and disappearing. The usual Sausalito fog seemed to part and a red whirlwind shape appeared. This happened several times. All of these phenomena continued for at least twenty minutes. I went inside and the time was 2:15 a.m. I wanted to stay and continue watching, but there was no sign of it abating and I went to bed. The 20 minute time frame is approximate. I was so transfixed, I don't really know how long I observed it. It could have been as long as an hour. I should have taken photos, but I thought I wouldn't be able to get a good shot. I am not a "believer" in extraterrestrial life, but what I saw was an something in the sky that I certainly couldn't identify or explain. The only ordinary explanation I could come up with was a fireworks display, but fireworks over the hills of Sausalito at two in the morning seems pretty far-fetched.

September 1, 2009 · 11:00 PM · RECTANGLE