Date: October 2, 2023

Location: Alton, Illinois

I just had a very profound experience tonight while taking my dog out I stopped at the upper area of the hillside within my apartment complex. There is a long stairway that has excellent Arial view at the very top of the stairs. A very unusual light appeared to be moving slowly, then almost stopped for a moment to change direction above the trees. The object seemingly darted to a different angle and had a steady disappearance as it flashed, like a pulse of light. SOON after it disappeared beyond the trees another object appeared at higher above the nights sky, with an entire different flashing, and color almost like a golden top, spinning and making very impressive maneuvers to change its color, as well. It seemed to move at a much faster speed until it disappeared far lower behind these of the hill behind the apartments. I was standing very still, and realizing that there appeared to be at least four of these smaller objects, flashing into a steady Bright light, the larger brighter craft disappeared after hovering and coming closer then lowering itself into a steady hover for over a minute. Thinking the objects might return, I ran into my apartment to grab my phone. It didn't take long for the flashing redish light to appear several minutes later. They circled the wooded area, four objects in all, perhaps had danced and circled, hovered then ultimately just speed away after obviously putting on a spectacular strobe light show effect. The first light appeared around 9:22 pm followed by the others until about 9:33 when they had also appeared and circled , disappearing with no explosion, or formation.