ring of lights

i remember this as plane as day. i was aprox. 4 or 5 years old i was sitting on the couch,in my house on the east side of town looking out my living room window facing south watching a lightning storm in south east bakersfield. my mom and her friend (who i was to call aunt) were sitting peacefully away from the window having a conversation. i was watching the lightning storm attentivly (i was and always have been fascinated by lightning) when all the sudden a circular object with white lights came up to my living room window. at the time i was a fan or television shows such as unsolved mysteries and sightings so i knew i was seeing a UFO. i started trying to get my mother and "aunts" atteniton but my mom went into the whole thing dont interupt when grown ups are talking! as i was yelling and pointing out the window. but when i looked back it was gone. i am 17 years old now and i have seen nothing like it since sure iv seen 'shooting stars' but nothing like what i saw that night. infact, i seen a shoting star/fire ball thing the early morn. of my fathers foot surgery and when we got to the hospitol i slammed my finger in the car door. also about 2 months ago when i first got with my fieance the 1st night we were together we both seen the same shooting star, made a wish, and kissed, our relation ship is doing pretty good. about as good as it can go being how guys are so immature and cant get over them selves.
Date and time are approximate.  We have assigned an arbitrary date so that the reports sorts to 1989.  PD