facing east on front steps, smoking cigarette around 3 20 AM looking at stars, trying to recognize constellations a bright or close star moved left to right (floated)(falling in place) sporadically appeared to spiral out of control jumping close getting ever closer to me it would be very far away and then instantly be extremely close and then go back at one point coming as close a near by street and splitting itself into an onion like form showing the mechanics and innards outside glowing orange looked liked gears in a watch or clock tower with a green colored orb in the middle all within a few seconds it was close then far away again my feelings were of implicit joy over sub conscious anticipation but after getting so close i leaped in fear of its brilliance running to awake my spouse, we watch it drop a small red disk from a distance its floated around just above the tree line then went back into its original position from the parent it ascended NE just before sun rise 5 00 AM observing it for several nights not every night every other or so sometimes multiple nights always around the same time i'm borrowing a digital video recorder from a friend the next time i see him i hope to soon have this recorded