I watched a brilliant gold colored cylindrical object with several pink and blue lights floating in the air

I was driving east on hwy 201 and saw a brilliant gold light in the sky.  It was stationary.  I drove maybe three miles until I was almost directly underneath.  I stopped my car and stood watching for several minutes.  It was long and cylindrical, noisless,  brilliant yellow gold, and had several, maybe 5 brilliant pink and blue dots (lights) blinking on and off, flying around it but not attached.  I watched for several minutes, until it began to move slowly west toward Alabama.  It was like nothing I have ever seen.  I am convinced it was not of this earth.
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