Hi Guys
Thanks for the responses. Really appreciate your views.
I think it was more of atmospheric abberation that was causing the issue since on different days I get different views. Two days after I initially posted this thread, I was able to see Saturn much better and two nights ago, I was able to see Uranus.
It seems to happen with objects with high visual magnitudes more. All in all, it is nice to know that my eyes were not playing tricks on me