Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It looked like a shooting star. Very bright light

Size of Object(s)

That's gonna be impossible. It was too high. I couldn't begin to guess.

Description of Area / Surroundings

It was half and half. It was a city, but we lived on the outskirts near some orange groves.

Full Description & Details

OK, I don't usually see things---I'm not given to hysteria or any other delusions. We we outside, it was late, maybe midnight. I was looking up at the stars and saw a falling star, it was falling kind of slow reflecting back on it. I had no reason to think it was anything else. But one thing I absolutely POSITIVELY know is that shooting stars do not stop and take off in a 45 degree angle and go shooting off into space. It was falling and then it wasn't. It was way too high and fast for any airplane and my eyesight at the time was exemplary. I've never really talked about that night. What I do know for a fact is that it was intelligently driven. What that means? I have no idea.

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

Absolutely not.

Witness Background

Retired---3D Graphic content provider---for games and 3D art work. Photoshop guru.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I didn't really have any opinion of them. I've always thought that it was considered the height of arrogance to say we were the only sentient or intelligent life in the entire universe, but I wasn't a big UFO buff. I'm still not. I figure they're out there, but they aren't the ones I worry about. So? I've never forgotten that incident and can still pull up the feeling of shock when it reversed direction and took off. It was totally unexpected and made me uncomfortable for more than a few days.

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