The Blackout of 1965 and the Fireballby Chris Holly 
(Copyright © 2008 Chris Holly)
As we drove by the house we once lived I off offhandedly remarked to my mother about the night of big blackout. I said to my mother “ That was some day mom, I can still see that huge red burning ball as if it was yesterday.” My mother looked at me curiously and said, “What are you talking about? What burning ball?” I looked at my mom;”You know that huge burning ball that fired across the sky the night of the blackout.” My mother looked at me as if I had two heads. “There was no burning ball in the sky, what in the world are you talking about?”
I told my mother my memory of sitting on the steps with my friend, seeing the burning orb streak across the sky and going into the house to report it. My mother told me I must have had a dream that happened, as she did not remember anything like that. I now was confused and concerned.
When I returned home I called my older sister and reported the entire story to her. I asked her if she remembered a fireball like that being reported or recalled that my friend and I had seen it. My sister did not remember anything like that either. I felt a bit uneasy and thought maybe it was a dream. I felt uncomfortable thinking I recalled a dream that clearly and always thought it was a real event.
A few years passed and I received an invitation that my high school class was having its 30th year reunion. I thought it would be fun to see all my old classmates and made arrangements to go. I heard my old friend Barbara was going to be there. We lost touch over the years. I was happy I was going to see her again.
The reunion was a big success and we all had a great time catching up and sharing stories. I made plans for my friend to come to my house for dinner before she returned to her home located in upstate New York.
Barbara came over the next day and we had a wonderful time catching up on all the details of our lives. After dinner Barbara and I took our coffee and pie out to my sunroom that looks out over the water and night sky. As we were looking out at the stars Barbara turned to me and said. “Remember that big orange /red ball that raced across the sky during the blackout?”
I nearly fell out of my chair. It was true. Barbara remembered it too. I quickly told Barbara the story of how my family did not recall any of it and how I thought I dreamed it and now knew, it had happened. She looked at me for a long time and said, “You know, now that you bring it up, I do not recall anyone else ever talking about it.” We talked about the event for the rest of our visit. Barbara told me she was going to look up that day to see if any others saw anything like we did.
Time went on and again I almost forgot about the blackout and that huge orb. One day Barbara called me. She told me she did research that day and had found out that many others also saw what he had. She discovered people had UFO sightings and saw strange lights along with many other odd events that day.
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