Cigar shaped ufo moving at speed of falling star but stoped.

Im allmost 40 years old and this sighting occured when I was approx 11 years of age, although I remember it like it was yesterday.  I come from a family of five and my father is a well known surgeon in the area.  I am currently finishing a BS degree at a well known university studying Geog and Gis etc.  
Unfortunatly I recently fell victom to Leukemia and had to take some time off school.  I ve been watching alot of History channel etc on ufos and when I can I sometimes listen to coast to coast, (unless I just can't bear to listen to some of the bs from some people). 
Well one night, I was lying outside on my deck on a recliner looking up at the clear dark sky.  When all of a sudden a cigar shaped craft with green glowing like airplain windows flew over my house moving at the speed of a falling star except it stoped and I think looked at me and then resumed from 0  to the speed of a falling star and went twards the SFO airport and curved as it left.  Never the less this was no falling star.  
I've done some reasearch on the ufo subject and what bothers me most about it are all the people who have everything to loose and nothing to gain by coming forward with knoweldge of this subject.  
I hope this is helpfull to someone.  Also I do beleive if you concentrate on seeing a ufo enough it could appear (maby they are able to focus on thought) however I dont suggest it.  I will never forget what I saw (almost like a cartoon?) but I know that man dos not have this technology even today.
Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate.  PD