The news station reported that police also received multiple reports of the strange light pattern, but neither they nor the U.S. Navy spokesman contacted by KGMB knew of any operations that would have caused the event.
"There was nothing unusual going on from our perspective at the time," Maj. Julie Roberge with North American Aerospace Defense Command told KITV-TV.
Later KGMB reported that a local base was planning to launch a test missile this week, so the pattern could be related to that event. A resident told the news station she actually saw the missile go up around the time the pattern was spotted. (image credit kgmb-tv.)