Appearance / Description of Object(s)

A small ball of very bright white light. When it flew away at an excelerated speed, I could see blue and red light streaks from behind, like exhaust.

Size of Object(s)

It seemed to be the size of a baseball as it hovered above the house across the street. From my observations it seemed to be miniature, and not an object in the distance.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Housing tract, neighborhood. Mt. Baldy in the distance, the foothills of Rancho Cucamonga just about a mile up the street. No military bases in the area, no power plants to my knowledge.

Full Description & Details

I am guessing at the date, it was when my son was in junior high, so I am guessing at 1982. I remember it was nice weather, clear beautiful night, just a few stars,no clouds. It was about one oclock in the morning I had been upset and crying due to an arguement with my husband. I got up and went to my game room to be alone, I looked out of the window facing north, just contemplating. As I gazed into the night sky, I noticed a light moving strangly. I saw a small bright white light, it moved from the east and stopped abruptly, and hovered. The strange movement and the fact that it was very bright caught my eye, plus the fact that it was very small, it was the size of a baseball. It seemed to be hovering above the house across the street. I wiped my eyes dry to make sure I was not seeing reflections in my tears, but it was still there. I tried to rationalize it to be a cars head lights on the mountain in the distance, although I have never seen anything like it before, never saw a cars headlights there before, I didn't beleave there was a road in the location. It moved forward and then backward slowly, hovering but going back and forth and up and down. I ruled out car, I tried to rationalize that it may be a helicopter in the distance, but I heard no sound and it moved too swiftly, and it was too small, it would have been too close to the mountain. It just didn't behave like a helicopter. I ruled out helicopter. I knew it was something strange, I thought about running to get my husband and the camera, but I was afraid it would be gone when I returned. I decided to go to the slider door that was to my left which would be west of the window I was peering out of. I stepped out of the slider door and was visible on my balcony, just I stepped from behind the corner of the house and faced the object, a very bright light flashed into my eyes. It was as if the small light was shining a beam into my eyes, much like a flash light beam. I was blinded for an instant and then I side stepped the beam and then it went out. I was able to see the small light but for only a second, it showed a small tail of blue and red light as it sped away to the west. It was at that moment that I knew I had been looking at a UFO, for it sped away making no sound at all and at a speed I have never seen before. From hovering just a few yards away from where I stood to the horizon in a matter of a split second, with no sound. I don't believe we are capible of that technology even now in 2005.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

I ruled out all natural objects and any conventional object as I observed it. When it sped off at such an extreme speed and covered the distance in such a short duration of time I knew for certain it was not of our technology, and not of this world.

Witness Background

Although I am fifty six ,at present I am attending college, working on my B.A. in graphic design. I hope to be a freelance web designer.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Before the sighting, I figured that we could not possibly be the only beings in the universe, we are not very advanced, there probably are beings more advanced then we are. I had viewed something on television before about the governments attempts at hushing up the details of a UFO crash and the discovery of alian bodies, before I saw the light in the sky. I have heard about the same story many times since on T.V. and now days there is alot on T.V. about sightings.

Other Comments

I have told my husband about the sighting of the light in the sky, he has never seen anything like a UFO in his life. He believes me, but to really believe he has to see it with his own eyes. I believe what I saw was a UFO, but what really is slightly disturbing, and in a way exciting, is the fact that the UFO saw me. When it flashed a light in my eyes, one has to wonder if it not only saw me, did it read my mind? Did it find me of no consiquence, my mind full of curiosity and of no danger to it and so it took off. In that split second for all I know it could have abducted me and experimented on me, with their technology it just needed that split second to do so, it could be possible. I don't recall any experiences of an abduction, in dreams or while awake and so hope it did not happen.

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