Flying Ball of Fire

... Before sunrise this morning I was awakened by a swooshing roar. It was the sound of rapid approach, close to my head. Almost immediately, something arrived:


From left to right a spherical object glided at high speed directly overhead, very close to my face. It almost grazed my skin. In less than one second, the thing had crossed the bed. The strongest impression it made, though, was its brightness: It gave off such intensity that I actually made out its shape through closed eyelids ! It looked like a ball of fire, maybe slightly larger than my skull. What a strange light to be seen in that way and to produce no heat, coming that close to my body !


I bolted to attention but there was nothing to see anywhere in my room, after that. I got up about an hour later, and the clock said 5:30.

— excerpt from New Day Log 5