Formation over Vancouver Island (Canada), BC · Canada

The report, as filed

I was outside at about 3:10 AM, on an island north west of Seattle. Looking north - up at the sky - there was a bright star obviously a great distance away. Also, at what appeared to be at a similar distance was an interesting object. Had a look at the object as it just sat there for a couple of minutes before changing shape slightly. It was definitely a huge distance away, and very long. The object seemed to consist of maybe 15 to 20 round lights clustered together to form a lightening rod shape at first, then a straight line. I compared the size of one of the lights to the star and it seemed that they were of similar size. The lights were very near together but could see space between them at the top and bottom. There were many of these lights and they could be compared to the star, as the object sat. I walked away to place something indoors and the object was gone -but not the planet - when I returned.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #158840). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.