This morning, at approximately 2:00+ AM, I went out on the back porch, and looked to the sky and the stars, as I always do.

Suddenly, I looked toward the north and spotted a moving light(s) descending toward the ground. It was blazingly bright and multicolored. It was about the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length.

[Addendum 1: I want to be very clear about the lights themselves. They were not in any way separate lights as you might see on a jetliner, red on one side, green on the other side and white "headlights". On the contrary, this was aglow with light, as if it was on fire. In the second or so I had to observe it, it appeared to be glowing, almost swirling, red, green and white lights. There were no dark patches at all. It was very bright.]

Now the weird thing about this is that it appeared to be only about a mile or two away, across town, and was descending VERY rapidly. I only saw the craft(?) for about 1 second or less. It was moving at MUCH faster than any normal airplane or helicopter would be moving, especially since there is no airport where it was descending! To be clear, it was much faster, it my judgement, than something falling out of the sky. It appeared to be a powered craft.

I thought I was witnessing an airplane falling out of the sky, as I thought I saw red and green and white lights. Yet, I have NEVER seen an object move so rapidly! It was obviously under power, or it could have been some kind of glowing meteoroid, I suppose, as I did not see it change direction. It was fast, extremely fast, and close. I would estimate it to have been approximately the size of a large airplane, seen from about 2 miles away. It was either spherical or slightly tube-shaped, arrowing toward the ground at perhaps 60 to 75 degrees angle to the horizon.

[Addendum 2: I also wish to correct the angle that I reported, at which this craft descended. It was nearly straight down, so the angle (from vertical) was something like 160 degrees.]

I listened and heard no crash. I watched and no lights were seen ascending again, and no explosive glow on the horizon. No sounds out of the ordinary. At this point I think my jaw was dragging on the ground... I stayed outside for perhaps another 10 minutes, periodically returning outside to see if I saw or heard anything else.

It all happened so fast, but I saw what I saw and I would estimate this thing was traveling many hundreds (thousands?) of miles an hour and it must have been only a couple hundred feet in the air when I lost sight of it. This was MUCH faster than any human aircraft I've ever seen in the sky. I've never seen anything like this in my life!

Again, I heard no sound, which I would have if it were an airplane or helicopter, as it was very dark and quiet out. I'm very used to airplane noises, as I have a small airport about a mile from my house, and I have worked at a major aircraft manufacturer for many years. Absolutely no sounds out of the ordinary!

I sure would like to know what I saw! I wish I had seen it sooner and longer. It was below the houses and trees in the way, within the second that I had to glimpse it and I never saw it again. It's overcast now, but at the time it was exceptionally clear, with lots of bright stars.

Wow!