Light over Ben Lomand, CA

The report, as filed

At approximately 11pm with dark, clear skies atop the Santa Cruz mountains near Loma Prieta multiple witnesses observed red round lights that shifted position from a diamond shape with 4 lights to a single red light, flashing, then steady, slowly floating up and down, then flashing red to bright white,and bright purple to red, streaking and darting rapidly, then fading and reappearing in a different spot. .A halo / haze was noticed around the activity that blurred out the stars within it, yet stars were visible everywhere else. These lights had a high bright scintillation that was different from typical aircraft nav lights also visible in distance at the same time.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177250). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.