Bright red sphere floating and completely silent takes off and disappears.

I don't remember the exact date or even the year.  I know it was in the 90s and I was In Junior high school.  
I was in my yard about to cross the street to go to a neighbors house when I saw a bright reddish sphere with an orange tint.  It was floating over my friends house and completely still.  It did not seem far away and did not make a sound.  
I stopped dead in my tracks staring at it trying to figure out what it was.  I was in shock.  Before I had the chance to do anything else it took off to the left in a perfect line so fast and disappeared.  
It was the weirdest thing I've seen in my life.  It wasn't a weather balloon or any other thing like that.  It was different.  
I never told anyone because I did not want to be made fun of.  Recently I told my husband and he thinks I'm nuts.  
But after reading other peoples descriptions of what they saw it sounds like I am not the only one.
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.  PD