Object originally appeared yellow white light in a stick shape then turned to a cross shape and then bluish white blinking lights

(This is a direct transcription from my hand written notes I wrote right after seeing it).
I swear I just saw a ufo around 5:45 looking due South from my apartment in downtown Sacramento near the Church Of The Blessed Sacrament. The light in the sky caught my eye because the yellow / white incandescent looking light looked rather strange. There was a brighter light at top but other similar less bright lights below. It almost had a Santa and reindeer effect if you use your imagination or another way it looked was a sort of cross because there was a time when the light extended out to the sides and made the light in the sky resemble a cross. During this time the light looked like it was coming toward me and lowering in elevation, (Flying due North towards my direction) but then the lights changed to blinking strobe type white lights that where dimmer and seemed much further away. I know this probably sounds like an aircraft but as a long time aircraft enthusiast and former Air Force Airman this phenomenon looked different to me. Now the object seemed much higher in the sky which seemed to happen quite quickly. Also, the blinking strobe type white / blueish lights looked like they where around the perimeter of a more spherical looking object but again it was much more faint and distant looking at this point and high in the sky. It finally moved out of my view in the apartment as it moved to my left, (Going East). I gathered my keys and wallet and put on my shoes and sweatshirt to go outside on the terrace but by the time I got out there I couldn't find it in the sky any longer.