Twirling Lights and a Stolen Gerbil

According to Coupeville's The Whidbey Examiner newspaper, these calls to the sheriff's department were recently logged:

7:40 a.m. Caller requests law enforcement assistance or contact at the SAFE building referring to a burglary that occurred sometime over the weekend. Gerbil, fish and clock missing.

8:46 p.m. Suspicious circumstance: Three lights twirling in the sky above Penn Cove. Caller states she saw the tail coming down.