SUDDENLY A BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT LIT UP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY SIDE. BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN. I GUESS AROUND A 1,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND, COULD VERY WELL BE LESS. IT WAS VERY BRIGHT I STRESS. I BELIEVED IN THEM, BUT HAD NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE OR SINCE. I GREW UP IN THE MILITARY FROM 17 YEARS OLD AND WAS A GUNNER IN THE NAVY IN DIVE BOMBERS. LATER COMMISSIONED IN THE AIR FORCE - RECALLED FOR KOREA. between between((name deleted - HE WAS A GRADUATE OF WEST POINT. HE SAID I SAW A BALLON - I TOLD HIM B.S.