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I stood at my Gulf coast lookout perch gazing at the Florida eastern sky. At the appointed time, two separate areas of intense white light like fans lit up the horizon. I watched for at least two minutes. Suddenly, both white lights disappeared abruptly.

I waited and waited, expecting to see the launch. Nothing happened. I waited a few more minutes, then gave up and turned to go back into my door. They must have scrubbed it, I thought.

As I turned away, the corner of my eye caught something glowing and golden. I turned and looked....and what to my wondering eyes did appear but an incandescent orb, day-glo amber-gold, round like a huge flaming basketball in the sky. I watched it in utter fascination.

The golden globe then appeared to be moving upward ever more slowly, but I realized that it had already started its arc straight eastward over the Atlantic ocean.

I spotted my neighbors saying goodby to company and yelled at them to look upward as I pointed and hollered. All six of them joined me till the orb disappeared in a cloud bank, only to reappear after 5 minutes, much smaller to our eyes as it continued eastward.....and then, down to the size of a pinhead to our eyes, it disappeared.

My neighbors were so happy I had flagged them to see the sight that the hostess brought over two slices of homemade fresh blueberry streusel kuchen to reward me.

All in all, a rewarding evening all the way around.

Leni