Coast to Coast tells us that this amazing photo was taken in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu in the town of Haleiwa.
It was captured in January 1997 by Bill Romerhaus, a long-time professional photographer who has been in the business for over
40 years.
One evening, after watching a movie with a friend, and they were leaving his home, they pointed out some strange lights in the sky.
It was late, about 1 am and the cameraman decided, what the heck, never shot a UFO photo, and got out his surfing lens (a Nikon 800mm f/5.6 and added a 2x tele-extender and used a very heavy duty tripod) and took about 10-20 photos. The film was Fuji Velvia 35mm transparency, exposure was about f/8-f/11 for about 15 seconds.