Woman Takes Photos of Cigar Shaped Object on Two Consecutive Nights

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Photo and Blowup of Light (One of Several Photos Taken By Witness)
View Photos Taken By Witness on Nov. 28, 2005
 

Dates of Sighting: November 27 & 28
Times of Sighting: 6:30 PM (First Night) 5:38 PM (2nd Night)
Date Reported: November 28, 2005
Duration of Sighting: Unknown
Location of Sighting: Agoura Hills, California (About 30 Miles West-Northwest of Los Angeles)
Latitude:  31.15 Degrees North
Longitude:  118.75 Degrees West
Number of Witnesses: Three
Weather: Clear Skies Both Nights

Description (In Witness's Own Words: On November 27th: I think it was somewhere between 6 PM and 7 PM. I wasn't wearing a watch, but a friend of my 16 year old son had dropped by for a visit and we ordered three phili steak sandwiches for dinner to be delivered to the house. After dinner I went out to my backyard to have a cigarette, because I never smoke indoors. When I go outside I usually look at the sky and on this evening I noticed a star which I had not noticed before. It was very close and very bright. I kept looking at it for a few minutes and noticed that the glow or rays around the star was moving and getting larger and smaller, almost like a pulsating effect but really in slow motion. I noticed that the planes which usually pass over our house on their way to the airport were in some cases flying above this bright star like object. I called out to my son to come outside and take a look. He also noticed it was very bright and close. I shared my observations with him and he said that it may be movements which I had noticed may be an illusion from possibly looking at the object for too long. When I heard that, I decided to take out my camera and prove that my eyes were not deceiving me. So I quickly pulled out my Canon EOS D60 - 6 megapixel digital SLR camera, my 70-210mm zoom lens, and my tripod. I knew I had to put the camera on a tripod, otherwise the long exposures would not be in focus. I was so nervous that I put the camera on automatic (which means that the camera automatically figured out the correct exposures based on the object which was in focus). I snapped a few shots in my backyard and checked them out each time on the LCD display on the back of the camera. I zoomed in to see what the camera was capturing and sure enough there was movement. Each time I snapped a photograph the light was doing something different. I than decided to go out and take more photos from the front of my house. So I took all my equipment and went out to the front of my house, however since our street is on a hill, I couldn't see the light from the front of my house. I had to walk up past a few of our neighbor's home before I could get the object into view. I place my camera and tripod in the middle of our street and facing north-west and photographed a few more shots manually. Exposures range from 10 to 30 seconds at Aperture F16. A few cars were passing by and I had to move my camera and tripod several times and re-position again. The neighbor's house which is partly visible in my photographs, he and his wife came outside because a guest of theirs was leaving and saw me snapping photographs. He approached me and asked me what I was doing, and I explained that I was photographing what seemed a to be a very bright star. He laughingly asked if I thought it was a UFO, and I said I didn't know, but it was very interesting. As he and his wife went back inside their home, I realized that the object had moved and I couldn't get it in view. So, I ran back to my house and to my backyard to make sure that I was not delusional and sure enough the object was not there anymore. I called out to my son, once again, to come out and take a look. He also confirmed that the object had disappeared and that the whole thing was really weird. On November 28th: My son and I were headed out to take care of a few errands and grab a bite to eat. Unfortunately, the car wouldn't start that night. We were both very frustrated and I went back into the house to call AAA for a jump. While waiting for the AAA service truck to arrive, I once again, went out to my backyard for a smoke. I looked up and once again the bright star looking object was in the same area I had seen it last night. Only this time it seemed much closer and brighter. I called out to my son to come out and take a look. He was completely baffled. The sun had set, but there was still some light out. I quickly looked at the time and noticed it was 5:38PM. I went in quickly and grabbed my camera equipment. I snapped a few more shots. The every 1st and 2nd shots at F16-30second exposure. Again, the camera was on a tripod and it was firmly planted. The camera was not moving, but the light was, as you can see in the exposures. I did change the position of the camera a few times, but if the photographs were to be overlapped on top of each other (which you can do by the way, in photoshop layers), you can clearly see that the object is moving. Unfortunately, that evening the camera batteries ran out and I couldn't snap any more shots. The AAA service came by and we ended up going out. My son and I kept looking at the light and it seemed to be moving. The bright light traveled all the way to the city of Thousand Oaks, area code, 91306. We know, because we went to grab a bite at the IN & OUT in that area. After ordering our meal to eat in the car, we parked the car in the parking lot of the center where we had a pretty good view of the object. As we ate and watched we noticed it kept moving north-west and the light kept getting bright and dim as it moved. We went back home after we were finished eating, and since the light was in the opposite direction , we just couldn't keep an eye on it anymore. My observations: To the naked eye, the object looks like a very bright star. You would have to look at it for a few minutes before realizing that it is actually pulsating and getting brighter and dimmer. The shots taken by the camera prove that the light inside the object is moving and shapes itself in various different forms. At first I thought maybe stars have the same kind of thing going on when you take photographs of them with long exposures, but I did some research on the internet and looked at photographs which contained various different stars, and they are all circular shaped bright lights with a bright aura around the stars. This is not the case with this particular object. The object seems to split into two in one photograph and it almost looks like there is a curved shaped rod which sticks on some shots and on others the shape of the object looks like a cigar with and without this curved looking rod sticking out. Anyway, I can't explain it, hopefully you or someone might have some insight on what this is all about.

Investigator's Notes:  The witness reported the sighting by phone and later followed up her report with the detailed written report (above). It should be noted that the witness is a professional photographer and has a detailed knowledge of camera equipment. She said that she had just some taken some photos of an unusual light.  I have viewed the photos and don't know what the witness photographed.  The witness used a Canon EOSD60 digital camera to take the photos.  She took long exposures (up to 10 minute shutter speeds).  She had the camera mounted on a tripod.  Therefore any "time exposure" shown in the photos is due to movement of the light and not "camera movement." I have looked at satellite charts and found no bright visible satellites in the area at the time of the sighting.  The International Space Station was visible in the area, but it was only visible in the early morning hours.  The winds aloft were primarily from the Northwest from 5 to 10 thousand feet.  After more analysis I believe that the witness has been photographing Venus and/or Mars in the early evening hours and Jupiter in the early morning hours.  All of these planets are very bright in November and December of this year.