I was absolutely stunned. It was huge, it was bright, it was close, and it was moving closer. I thought it was going to land or crash, and I was nearly speechless and momentarily afraid to move.

My left arm shot out past LB's shoulder and I yelled, "LOOK!!!"

LB had always been noted for his quick reactions, but for some unknown reason he reacted slowly on this occasion. He started to turn to his left (the wrong way), then changed his mind and turned slowly to his right (towards where I was pointing). By the time he was fully turned, the ship had disappeared behind ground clutter - houses, trees, bushes, etc.

"It should reappear over there!" I yelled, pointing and running towards where I thought it might reappear.

But it never emerged. It was apparently gone forever.

While I was trembling and out of breath, LB was calm, collected, and slightly puzzled and bemused. Did LB - the world's greatest skeptic - believe me?

Certainly not!

He didn't think I was lying - he knew I wouldn't lie to him - but he thought that perhaps I'd seen an optical illusion caused by the newly installed mercury streetlight, a hundred or more feet away.

But I've seen zillions and zillions of mercury street lights, yard lights and playground lights, and not once have I thought I saw a silvery, cigar-shaped UFO come gliding out of the night in their vicinity -EXCEPT for that one time.

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