My Only Sighting Ever
I was 8 years old, playing in the sand volleyball court at the park down the street from my house.I was engrossed in my activity, burying my collection of Happy Meal toys in the sand, and then digging them back out, repeat.
I was looking down, but decided that I needed to look up because the world around me had lost all sound.
There was no longer any ambient noise, no traffic noise from the busy streets just a block over.
No more dogs barking, o more birds chirping...absolute silence.
I looked at the street that bordered the park, and that is when I saw it.
It looked like a stealth bomber turned sideways, nose leading, one wing down toward the road and the other pointed up at the sky.
Completely gloss black in color, as tall as a house, shaped like an arrowhead.
It was cruising the street at 3 m.p.h.
Just gliding over the road.
I watched it for maybe 20 seconds.
As soon as it had passed behind some 2 story houses and out of my sight, I got my hearing back full force.
I ran home with my piss soaked pants and never spoke a word of it to anybody.