Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Flashing bright white lights, no object visible in the dark.

Size of Object(s)

Individual flashes could have easily been covered with my little finger.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Urban area, spotted from moving car on highway.

Full Description & Details

Saw 20-30 flashing lights that had about the same intensity as landing lights on helicopters, but the pattern made no sense. My first thought was, since this was the first anniversary of 9/11 and I live only 100 miles south of Washington, that it was a very large fleet of helicopters sent up as a defensive measure. But the flashes were very far apart and made no sense. It was as though the objects were zipping backwards and forwards and left and right. I saw only the lights, no solid objects. A passenger on the other side of the car said she saw several large lights and even referred to them as "mother ships", but I didn't see these. I called a local television station when I got home but they had no knowledge of the lights and no one else had called. I didn't know about this website at the time, or I would have certainly reported it.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

Possibly helicopters, but that seems far-fetched.

Witness Background

Work for state government.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Believe in life on other planets but have problem with "flying saucers". I still do, even after this sighting.

Other Comments

I won't be sending any drawings because I didn't see any solid objects, only flashing lights.

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