SIGHTING: EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"I was awakened by the smell of smoke at 0230 in the morning of Saturday 10/02/2015. We live in the East County San Diego and with our current CA drought, fire is always a concern! I stepped out onto the second story deck of our home to scan the horizon for any indication of a fire. I immediately saw the bright light on the horizon and at first thought it to be either a landing aircraft on approach to Lindbergh Field or a CDF spotter plane/helicopter with it's flashing red/green lights. When I didn't see any orange hue indicative of a fire, I again noticed that the 'object' had not moved from the location where I first observed it. I am not a pilot, however as a Police Officer I have numerous flight hours in both our Police fixed-wing aircraft & helicopters, conducting both aerial surveillance & photography. This object was way too high in elevation to be a spotter plane or helicopter.This was neither a fixed wing aircraft, helicopter or a drone and definitely NOT a star on the horizon! After it's initial 'side to side' motion, it remained in a fixed location, continually pulsating different colored lights, and at one point splitting in to two objects, then rejoining into one. After observing it for several minutes I awoke my wife to show her the object. As my wife continued to watch the object, I ran downstairs to grab both my camera and my spotting scope. I only have a small Olympus digital camera with a 4X zoom, but I was able to record the object as it hovered. When observed through my shooting spotting scope, it appeared to be 'diamond' shape and pulsating colors even more rapidly!My wife & I have both watched some of the programs on TV about these type of events, and this seemed very 'a-typical' of a UFO event with the hovering object, pulsating colors, and rapid disappearance. After watching the object for about 30 minutes, my wife went back to bed. I went in to get better dressed and remain up watching When I returned back outside to my upper deck, the object had vanished!"