Near midnight I heard our local radio station announce that there were strange lights in the sky. I looked out my launddry room window and saw the most amazing thing i have ever seen . Hanging in the northern sky were a line of blood red brilliant lights. These weren't flares. It was reported by the radio announcer that these lights manuevered but I didn't see that. I did see small orbs of brilliant lights emerge from the larger spheres, the main bright lights were reminiscent of the phoenix lights. They formed a gentle arc in the northern sky and drifted slowly to the west. At no time did they descend (as flares would do). As they drifed west they began to wink out . One sphere stayed lit as it drifted out of sight.((NUFORC Note: We believe the date of the event was 12/31/02; we have amended the date. PD))