fayyetville,NC true ufo sighting 07/04/1978

it was back in 1978,july 4th evening me and people were outside topeka heights apartments off camden rd,off dwelle dr,we saw this saucer disk shaped object size of a football field,hover over the parking lot completely taking up most of the sky view,full moon light nite with street lights,20 or more people saw this,we all still remember to this date,me and the guys were playing football in parking lot,we threw rocks at it,it had flashing lights around it,a low humming noise could be heard from the craft,the rocks never touch the craft,it went over the apartment building which was 2 story,it was only hovering about 30 feet above the building,it took off at the back of the building and flew away in a few seconds out of sight completely,my first and last sighting ever,i swear this is the truth so help me god,we call the air force to report this,they told us it was a weather balloon,we all know better
Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate.  PD