SITTING IN AVALON PARK ON A FALL NIGHT AT APP.1030 PM I SAW A METALIC OBJECT TRAVELING FROM E TO W I DIDNT GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT BUT IT WAS RECTANGLE AND KIND OF IN A CLOUD AS WE ALL LOOKED UP IT WAS THE SIZE OF A STREET LIGHT DIRECTLY OVER HEAD YELLOW IN COLOR NO NOISE AND WE COULD SEE THE HEAT WAVES COMMING FROM IT IT STAYED THERE FOR ABOUT 4 SECONDS AND THEN BY THE TIME I TURNED MY HEAD WEST IT WAS THE SIZE OF A STAR IT MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN NORTH THEN DIPPEDAND SHOT UP WITH A TAIL AND THEN DID IT AGAIN.I CALLED THE AIR BASE THEY SAID IT WAS A WEATHER BALOON...I ALSO HAD A INCIDERT HERE IN MISSOURI IN MARCH 92 I WAS IN A RURAL AREA IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT I WOKE TO DOGS BARKING AND THE SAME MUSIC THAT WAS PLAYED IN CLOSE INCOUNTERS I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THIS ISNT HAPPENING AND SLID BACK INTO A DEEP SLEEP ONLY TO WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND FIND A NEW BUMP ON MY LEFT CALF...I PICKED AT IT AND A TINY COPPER LOOKING OBJECT CAME OUT HAD TO MICROSCOPE IT THE BUMP IS STILL THERE AND GETS RED ONCE IN AWHILE,,,I DO HAVE TWO OTHER STORIES A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE AND AN INCIDENT WITH A OUIJA BOARD THAT INCLUDES LIGHTNING!!! THANKS HOPE TO HERE FROM YOU BY THE WAY I WAS A ((deleted at request of witness--public employee)) FOR ((deleted--Illinois city)) FOR 30YRS!!!DONT LIST THIS THIS IS FOR INFO ONLY THANKS