Light over Kamloops (Canada), BC · Canada

The report, as filed

I saw through the windshield of my car,a very bright white light hovering stationary to the North,my right,as I faced West in the empty drive through at the Tim Horton cafe. The light stayed motionless and absolutely steady at an elevation of 800 to 1000 feet I'm guessing, in a blowing snowstorm, and I at first took it to be a helicopter,but felt it looked more like the planet Venus? I stopped and stared for a couple minutes and it didn't change, so I took four pictures through my window and tried to roll down my passenger side for a better shot. The window was froze and as I did this the object seemed to come to life and a white and orangey red set of navigation lights came on,as it remained motionless. I took it to be an airplane or helicopter and I was just pulling forward in the drive through and figured I would stop and get out for a better shot. After I did this the object had disappeared from view. No sound was heard at all. The total time was fi! ve minutes and I only saw one object, but in my pics there is two. The bright star viewed is an egg shaped dull white with a square in the center and underneath is an orange disc. I went back the following night to see if a streetlight could have made the orange disc but there is none there. I was the only witness,nobody else was around. I am an unpaid caregiver with a background in radio dispatching and licensed AERONAUTICAL restricted operator. As such I don't believe what I saw was an aircraft. Thank you for your time and taking my report.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #154839). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.