Iv'e always seen a strange glittering light in the northeastern night-horizon, for as long as I remember anyways.
It looks like a white light in the center, and green/red/blue lights glittering around it.
I thought it was a geostationary satellite, but not after this:
Three days ago I noticed there was another one in the northwest. I watched the brighter one (NE) for about an hour or so, when I noticed that the red flashes became bigger, and then what appeared to be a golden meteorite shot away from it at roughly 45° down. I got really tired right about then, and just fell asleep.

I wanted to verify what it was, so I got some good binos, but it rained here until tonight.
With the extra magnification I can make out six lights! Three in the NE, two NW, and one NNW, up high. That one was moving erratically. Unlike any satellite/planet/aircraft/weatherballon/swampgas I've ever seen... Was moving towards a star, then stopped. Immediately reversed its course, and back again.

My camera is recharging (go figure), but the lights are too far away for my lens anyway...
I'll continue monitoring the night sky, and try to find a decent lens soon!
Once I manage to capture some nice pics, I'll post them (provided they're still around by then)

Has anyone here ever seen anything like this? What could they be?

Edit: It's getting late now, (01:30am) so good night folks!

[edit on 2009.8.5 by Carlthulhu]

Everybody keeps talking about this, but the only thing I ever see in the sky, and it is bright, is Jupiter. Maybe post some pics or something...



PEACE!!!

Well, I went out and finally bought a telescope.
One of those short ones that reflect back onto themselves 4x to save space.
Perhaps not the best for high altitude objects, but good enough for
star/bird photography.
What follows are pictures of one of the lights west of the big dipper
(there was another bright one east, but the lights of the big city interfered...
I tried to focus, but couldn't seem to get it right.
So I gradually turned the focus and shot the pics along the way.








Following: You can clearly see the many colors it radiates, I think the black thing is the reflector-aperture, since it may be out of focus?



















This is my first exursion into the world of astro-photography, maybe I can get better pictures when I learn to use my camera/telescope properly. I probably had a bad focal point set or something. the first pics were shot at 1/13 sec. and the last five at 1/20 sec. shutter. Maybe y'all have some tips for me. I heard that tomorrow we'll have rain down here, but I endeavour to take more pictures soon.

-'thulhu
Semper Non Sequitur!

That object must be brighter than starlight to hold someones attention.
I expect very bright light from craft with high voltage and a flame can
actually occur and the burning of nitrogen might release a great amount
of energy and light.

The scintillation thing seems right, however I noticed the lights seemed to move strangely.
What I first thought to be stationary lights, turned out over the course of the night, to be moving around the sky.

In this rather simple diagram I have detailed the movement of the lights in relation to the rest of the night sky. I attempted to take a long-shutter (or whatever) image, but failed miserably. I'd have to climb some of the hills around me to get the shot right, but even then it might not work. (trees, light pollution, etc...)The lights move along their lines over a course of about 6-8hrs, and then disappear behind a hill/in the sunlight. I actually verified this by noting the position relative to the big dipper each night for the past week, and staying up 'til 3am once. (I also have to work, you know)

I do want to take my telescope to a better, higher place. Maybe this weekend I'll go stumbling around in the dark wooded hills...

Do I see a hint of the snake eyes of the Triangle craft landing gear covers.
So the central motor is illuminating the air from high voltage.

I had just posted a description of this phenomena.

They hover for hours, blinking, wobbling, flashing, meandering, beaming out multi-colored lights, and often jumping or shooting around,
...

From Page 172 of "Pentagon Aliens"