Southern California residents witnessed a grouping of mysterious lights hovering in the sky late Thursday night, ABC Eyewitness News reported.
The unusual lights, which remain unexplained, were spotted by eyewitnesses above southern Orange County, Riverside County, and San Diego County.
Rancho Santa Margarita resident Ranaye Kahn reported seeing the lights at about 10:30 p.m.
"I'm looking at it and thinking that's really strange because it was yellow, not normal plane lights," Kahn told ABC7. "We had two lights, then they both went out, then a third light came on. (I) was listening for helicopter sounds, plane sounds -- no sounds at all, just lights."
Several people sent in tips about the lights to local news stations seeking an explanation, with most sharing their pictures and videos on Facebook and Twitter.
"Crazy!! Two bright lights over Orange County. Weird the kept dimming and reappearing," Rose Cruz wrote on the local ABC affiliates Facebook page.
Another witness, Allison Williams, said she saw the lights for several minutes.
"Saw these two bright orange lights from the 405 S at Sand Canyon all the way to the 5 exited Alicia watched them for a little while and left, went back and they were gone within minutes," she wrote.
Law enforcement officials in Orange and San Diego counties confirmed to have not received any reports of problems around the area, UK MailOnline reported.
Officials at Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar told Eyewitness News Thursday morning that the lights didn't have anything to do with their bases. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement, "We had no unusual aircraft activity in Southern California last night."
Multiple sightings of zigzagging lights over the Hawaiian islands of across Oahu, Maui and Lanai were also reported on May 21, with witnesses capturing photos that had gone viral.
