Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It looked like a round ball of fire.....a burnt orange color. It was bright and very noticeable over the radio tower. But not like a brightness that lit up the whole sky or anything. It was circular, but not like a perfect circle. the edges seemed irregular, i guess thats why i say it was like a ball of fire. I remember distinctly how blue the sky was behind the orange ball. And how there was no reflection from the sun or some kind of electrical fire on the radio tower.

Size of Object(s)

Ok, its been 22 years but I believe the relative size, between my hands was 15 to 18 inches apart. For the actual size, the ball was at least as wide or wider than the radio tower. I'm guesstimating that it was 50-60 ft tall.....one big circle.

Description of Area / Surroundings

This is mainly a residential area, with some shops/restaurants/gas station/school at this intersection. But on this northeast corner, there is this solitary tower. I've always called it a radio tower.

Full Description & Details

I was with a girlfriend heading over to pick up friends for dinner. We drove down Somerset

Drive west to Mission Road. This is a busy area and road, with lots of traffic, businesses, and residential areas. On the northeast corner of this intersection is one of those large, tall radio towers. I remember the very blue sky overhead, no clouds and the sun was going down, but it was still light out.

For whatever reason, I looked up at the radio tower and noticed a round orange light above the tower. It was a large object, big enough where i could see it clearly from the street all the way above the tall tower. The orange color was like a burnt orange color...that has always stuck in my mind. I distinctly remember turning and looking towards the west towards the sun to see if it was shining off the tower or something like that. It wasn't shining that bright since it was low on the horizon. Both of us kept looking at the orange ball, both of us commenting that it wasn't moving, that it looked like it was just 10 feet above the tower. And we both agreed the sun wasn't shining and making a reflection of some sort.

We pulled over to the side of the road and kept watching and wondering what in the world is that? I thought maybe its a fire or something coming from the radio tower, but it just wasn't that.

We were running real late to pick up our friends for dinner so we had to move on, but we kept our eyes on the orange ball as we headed to the street where our friends lived...a couple blocks away. I could still see the orange ball thru the trees but as we got to our friends house we couldn't see it anymore due to the many tall trees lining the streets.

We rushed our friends from the house and I sped back over to the tower within a few minutes. We both excitedly talked of what we saw, but as we got there the orange ball was completely gone. It was bizarre. I have spent ...what...22 years now wondering what the heck it was.

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

Absolutely not anything natural. This thing was right over the tower. I checked the sun reflection, i checked for fire, it was something hovering in the clear blue sky right at the top of the tower. And then if was completely gone when i came back within 3-4 min.

Witness Background

I have a Bachelors of Science in Education. Have worked in corporate settings in the financial field and am currently pursuing a degree in social welfare and certification as a counselor.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I became a true believer after this. I never was interested or paid attention in UFO's until after this incident. My girlfriend then also was a skeptic about many things like UFO's, but she was as baffled and changed by what we saw too.

Other Comments

I became friends with a guy several years later. He was a police officer in Kansas City.

We got on the topic of UFO's and he told of his experience over a lake in Pomona, Kansas....Lake Pomona. He was fishing very early in the morning....3 am.....standing in his waders out in the water in a brushy area. He said a UFO came over the lake and it was as bright as if it was 12 noon. He hid in the bushes for a very long time before it went away. Hearing this story just really made me believe I saw something that wasn't from here.

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