California - 01-26-11

I took my dog out to the backyard around 11:20 PM. As we walked out onto the porch, I noticed two very bright lights in the suthwestern sky.

A few minutes later I saw they had not moved and now a third light was flickering, as if it were one of those new "energy safe" light bulb just turning on.

They made no noise and sat still in their triangle-like formation.

I immediately ran into the house and grabbed my camcorder to document what was happening. I had a hard time keeping the lights in frame as they were also quite low, and my view was often obstructed by trees.

So I got my ladder and went on my roof to film.

I sat in awe watching and filming the amber/orange colored orbs for the next 17 minutes until they began to change shape, almost appearing like a helicopter before flying away one by one.

I uploaded my video to youtube right away that night.

Around 30 minutes after the last orb vanished into the night, two helicopters (I assume police) began to sweep the area in the direction the lights were headed as they disappeared. This sweep lasted almost an hour.

Then they returned the following night repeating the actions performed the night of the event.