In Midvale, Utah in the early morning

I woke up to leave a sleep over with my friend.  We were waiting on the steps of another friends house and I pointed at a star.  The reason I noticed the star was that it was a really bright star and I had not noticed it before.  Seconds after I had pointed at the star it had turned into a saucer shaped object.  It took me a second to take in the infomation I had just seen.  It was a small flying object with lots of little colorful lights.  Within seconds fire was shooting out of the bottom of the saucer propelling it upward.  I had seen a lot of UFO television shows and I ran like hell for the house because of fear.  That was the last I had seen of the object.  My friend remained to watch it, but I cannot recall what he said.  I have seen or heard nothing of it since.
Date is approximate.  PD