Thousand Oaks, California - 12-03-10 - 21:30 hours, duration of sighting - 2 minutes

Description: On 2010 DEC 03 about 930 PM, while enjoying a backyard camp fire in Thousand Oaks, California, near the 23 Fwy at Avenida De Los Flores, we noticed a light in the eastern sky which appeared to be the same color and brightness as a yellow/fog street light.

It was flying toward us (westward) it then zig-zagged, then flew straight again, then zig-zagged again.

It almost appeared to be a flame-fired toy balloon but it was too bright (without much change in brightness), and with the speed and the sudden turns any flame probably would have been extinguished.

It made no noise at all, and in about 2 minutes it suddenly gained altitude faded to a red dot, then vanished.

I live under the flight path to LAX, and this light flew across the flight path around, or just below, the altitude the jumbo jets fly.

The clouds were moving slowly, there was very little wind, and there were no aircraft seen in the area.

Using Google Earth and measuring from the mountain, it appeared to fly over and travel about 5.5 miles in about the 2 minutes we observed it.

I think it could have been what is known as an earthquake light.

There were power lines under the center of its, path but it was very high in comparison to the lines.

If it was a flame-fired toy balloon, the person who set it aloft could have started a brush fire. NO earthquakes occurred at that time, but sometimes the lights precede quakes.

Jeff, second witness Will