Perceptions in reality.

Dont remember much, but I always thought of it as a dream.  My mother and I were going to the store to get some chips I think.  We got into the car and I saw this light in the sky.  It seemed to be changing colors and coming closer.  Its distance was has to figure maybe a few thousand feet or so.  It was still in the sky to the west.  For some reason I became extreamly fearful, freaked out is another word for it.  I remember an extreamly bright light hitting the car and looking over at my mom who was going to sleep.  That is when I really began to freak, and then I woke up in bed.  It took me a few months or so before I would sleep in my room again.  At the time I was perhaps 13 or so.
When I was younger I had dreams that I would be woken up during the night an there was a small figure next to my bedside, it gave off a light like one of those light sticks.  I always though of it as an angel because of the light but really I dont know.  Perhaps they were only dreams, wish I could figure that out.
Date in March 1988 is approximate.  PD