We saw orange-white balls of light, approximately 40o above the horozon, slightly to the north-west of our house.

6:35 p.m., dark, clear, 21oF, new moon. I was surprized when my father was calling us outside from the front porch saying: "Do you want to see a UFO?"  I then rushed outside after my sister and mother onto the porch to see several orange-white balls of light approximately 40o above the horizon, in the north-west sky.  From our vantage point, they were about the size of 1/4 the size of a dime held at arm's length. Some increased in brightness, then decreased or went out, and right next to it another ball of light appeared.  We're not sure how many there were,  because they appeared to hopscotch each other vertically to the left and right, we saw perhaps 5 or 6 as they were appearing, disappearing and lighting.