Bright colored flashing strobe lights in an oval shape that turned West and North remaining in one place

I noticed one year back someone reported seeing in nearby Rockland what I saw:  
This was a flashing object in the sky.  The flashes were bright and blue/white light. (I also saw red as well)  The light pattern was irregular but there did appear to be strobes in an irregular fashion.  
The light being emitted appeared to stay in one spot the entire time.  (I saw the shape turn to the West then back to the North...the face of the object had the lights, you could not see them when the object turned)  
I went to get binoculars to view. It did not appear man made.  I was not looking when it disappeared.  I plan to ask in town whether anyone else saw this.  It was over the St. George River between St. George and Cushing Peninsulas.