It was perhaps 2 am. There was a mild chill in the air. You know the one I mean. Autumn is here, but it hasn't put on its brass knuckles yet
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I had on an old surplus Marine greatcoat I'd picked up a few years earlier. Off in the direction of Silverdale, a light descended.
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It was slow enough that I thought it might be a deflating balloon or something. I pointed it out to a nearby friend.
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We watched for maybe two minutes as our cigarettes burned down to the filter. I smoked in those days, which seems strange now.
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I quit smoking in 2002. It was far more difficult than giving up drinking, which I only did a few years ago after my daughter was born.
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The light abruptly stopped about 15 degrees above the horizon and hove there. The hue and intensity was constant.
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After about a minute, it began moving laterally, northward. I reckoned it covered ten miles in the time it took to retrieve my lighter.
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A Marine greatcoat has deep pockets, but not that deep. I had a few other things in there, so it took me a while, but not too long.
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The light was hauling ass, is what I'm saying. But nothing compared to what came next.
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After pausing very briefly, the light shot straight up, leaving a streak behind it. Like a comet or a cheap sci-fi TV show effect.
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@Spivonomist That's just @InstanceOfClass out for a stroll in the lower planes.
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