multi-colored swirling illuminating lights (looked like a tornado in the sky)

The incident that happened to me was in 1969, Dade county Florida.  I was four years old. I don’t know why I remember this but I do. It was at night and my family and I was doing what families do watch television. Suddenly, the lights went out and I guess there was a noise or something outside because we all headed out of the house. There was something in the sky swirling around with illuminated lights which were multi-colored lights. It (the object) had no form.
 After looking at it for, what I can’t remember, a while the air around me felt thick, as if I were under water because I felt like I was moving in slow motion. I also remember my uncle standing in front of me but not moving or speaking. It seemed as though he was frozen in time; I kept pulling at his shirt trying to get his attention but he didn’t move.
 The next thing I remember is touching some kind of machine with lights all around it and it was very cold. From what I can gather now thinking back it seemed to me to be a probe of some kind. Now, the funny thing about this whole thing is I thought that I was dreaming, except for this one thing, I wasn’t. I say that because years later when speaking to a few of my family members we all had the same experience. They remembered exactly what I did and perhaps a little more. So, I wanted to report this incident in case someone else has seen the illuminated swirling unidentified object.
Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate.  PD