I awoke to the faded pastel orange of a rising sun. The sun's glow was making a feeble attempt at blending into a dominant gray winter's overcast. Only seconds into the transition from sleep to reality, my eyes began to track a pair of pinpoint amber lights. The lights moved at a rapid pace from left to right. I bolted up from bed, jumped to the floor and then moved quickly up against the glass of our sliders. I attempted to process the scene. No distinguishing characteristics of a winged aircraft were visible, just the appearance of two separate baseball-size amber lights slicing through the air. I judged the altitude to be only 200 feet agl. I heard no sound. And in a matter of seconds, the objects disappeared from sight. Surely my vision was being deceitful. Lasers? UFOs? The tooth fairy? All kidding aside, only one theory seemed plausible. The sighting had to originate from a sophisticated drone that was utilizing a very bright LED light. Although it was hard to determine, the pair of lights did not appear as if they were attached to each other, but almost as though it was a strange formation flight. This suggested that two drones were involved. The incredible velocity I observed was most likely due to the relatively small size of the vehicles and their proximity to the ground.
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