Douglas McQuarrie who studied the mysterious light through powerful binoculars from his 36-foot fishing boat berthed at Commercial Inlet. It consisted of a very large number of very tiny lights which were quivering in space. It moved out of sight behind pilings in the harbor. It glowed in the night sky about 1,000 feet above Mt. Benson on January 1st, 1969, moving slowly and gradually fading. Mr. McQuarrie said that sometimes the light separated into two distinct groups and then assembled again. It was first seen at 7:04 p.m. and faded at 7:20 p.m.