Motionless Red and Orange Flickering Light in the sky that appeared and slowly faded away (No Movement)I was sitting inside my room upstairs on MCAS Miramar base housing. My bedroom window was open and I happened to glance outside and when I did I noticed a bright flickering red and and orange light outside in the night time sky. It caught my attention and I immediatly told my 8 year old son who was in bed with me to look outside the window. He saw it and said it looked like a blowing up star but I tried to tell him that it was not a star. I went outside on my balcony and watched the mysterious light. It was flickering red and orange and I noticed a moving aircraft near it, possibly a helicopter or small jet. What really caught my attention was the fact that the object I was looking at did not move at all. If it was a aircraft, it would have moved either to the right or left or something but this light was just in the sky with no movement. I watched it for about 1 minute outside and then it just faded away!! The object was north of the base and looked close to the coast if I had to estimate its location. It was close enough that I could see the two distinct colors of red and orange but far enough away that I could not see any type of shape to the object except that it reminded me of a planet or something like that. I dont know how long it had been in the sky, like I said I happened to glance out my window and when I noticed it something felt differant about it so I had to take a closer look and I did and it faded away......