SIGHTING: LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA (UNITED STATES)

Witness Testimony

"When leaving the reef restaurant and looking north over the harbor toward the city, saw at least 20 bright white lights in the sky. they were about the same size as the distant stars, but brighter, and moving and swirling overhead. some lights formed triangles, and other shapes as they spread apart and moved overhead toward the southwest. my group of 4 watched the lights, and talked about them to several others on the sidewalk beside the water also amazed by the lights. i first thought they were chinese lanterns, but their lights where steady and bright white. not like the yellow flames of lanterns and the kept flying or floating until they were out of sight. there was a plane that seemed to be above the lights. and a helicopter was flying nearby but did not seem to be aware of the lights, so they may have been above it."