Kirkland Washington State
Blazing Sphere Of Energy - My Experience
Date: May, 1984
Time: Early a.m.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Sphere.
Full Description of event/sighting: Blazing Sphere Of Energy - my
experience.
In 1984, about May, I had a very bizarre night-time experience that
involved a blazing, extremely bright white ball of light that made
hissing, electrical sounds. At this time I was living alone in a ground
level apartment in a 5-plex unit. I abruptly woke up sometime in the
early AM. As I sat up in my bed I could see an unusually bright light
glowing through my bedroom window. My first thought was that the apartment
building was on fire! I shot out of bed and tried the light switches,
but the electricity in my unit was off. I checked the electrical panel
in my bedroom closet and everything was 'on' but still there was no
power. After quickly jumping into some pants, I raced outside expecting
to see the other residents of the building outside, equally as alarmed
as I was.
Nobody else was outside, and I couldn't see any indication of a fire
in our building. But in the neighbor's yard there was a ball of intensely
bright, white light right next to the outer wall of the house. About
5 to 6 feet in diameter, it made loud crackling noises. I had to peer
over the fence to see it, and was amazed that the house wasn't on
fire because of what was apparently a severe electrical malfunction
of some kind. The brightness of this white ball of light was enough
to light up the entire backyard of the neighbor's house and shine
light over to my residence. I stood barefooted, mesmerized by this
incredibly bright ball of light, trying to make some kind of sense
out of it.
At some point, I inexplicably seem to have lost interest in this matter
and went back to my apartment and went back to sleep. The next morning,
I woke up and immediately went outside to check for fire damage. There
was none! The electrical power was back on and the strange events
of the previous night had no demonstrable effect - other than in my
memory. I walked around the parking lot of our building and looked
down to the blackberry and weed infested edge of the lot. Weirdly,
I mentally pictured a rusted out wreck of an old car that was abandoned
in this area. But this was crazy, there wasn't any such thing in evidence.
But I couldn't shake off the impression that a car had somehow ended
up in this corner of the property.
A little time after this experience, the weeping willow tree on the
neighbor's lot near the blazing, crackling white ball of light began
to die. A few months later it was cut down.
Additional Information:
There were dogs and cats in this neighborhood but, as I recall, all
was silent during this event except for the hissing-crackling noise
of the ball of light. I was really transfixed by this bright light
and it pretty much had my attention riveted to it.
No aircraft, at least none that I noticed.
This was a very spooky experience and I felt shaken by it -- still
do, actually -- particularly because of the weird impression that
an abandoned old car was parked in the weeds in the corner of our
lot. Just as I'm writing this I have the feeling that I walked (barefooted!)
down to this area (see attached diagram) to approach this car. My
recollection is that it was rounded in shape, hence the vague image
of a 1940ish automobile, and had a door missing. Boy, I'm now recalling
someone trying to convince me to come down to the 'car'. I protested
because of the blackberries and the fact that I didn't have shoes
on! There was a sort of tug-o-war of willpower taking place.
More Information:
Hi Brian, As I was trying to fall asleep the other night I started
to have some mental images and emotions sort of bubble up spontaneously
about the 1984 Kirkland incident. In the past, I have tried to remember
if there was more to this experience than just the hissing ball of
light, but always drew a blank. It was like I hit a brick wall and
couldn't go any further.
At this point I'm pretty sure that I did walk barefoot down into the
weedy corner of the lot. (For what its worth, I was 30 years old at
the time.) I can remember the physical discomfort and emotions. What
I mentally assigned as an old, rounded car after the experience was
probably something a little bit different. See my attached sketch.
Of course there is always the question about the accuracy of recalled
experiences. Please understand that I am not making any hard &
fast claims about the factual nature of this memory.
For me what stands out to reinforce my own belief that what I have
recalled actually happened are the peculiar details and the strong
emotions. I remember looking out to the lake and the skyline wishing
that I could just check out . . . bye bye, I'm out of here, at least
mentally and emotionally. Also the detail about the two shorties waving
their arms in an almost robotic manner came to me before I even fully
pictured their appearance. If you look carefully at my sketch, you
can see in light lines the arm movement, which came to me first when
making this drawing.
Anyway, what follows is some additional material about the '84 Kirkland
blazing ball of light report. You can use it and this intro if you
want. I wrote in the present tense because it was just tumbling out
of my mind. I had to stop when the elevator effect was happening.
If anything additional comes up I'll let you know.
PS: I'm beginning to think that this '84 incident might tie in to
another weird experience I had back in '78. In this earlier case I
ended up in the side yard sometime in the early a.m. just wearing
my underpants! Talk about embarrassing. By now you must surely think
I'm completely a nut case!
Additional '84 Kirkland blazing ball of light experience:
I recall standing on the edge of the paved parking lot looking west.
In the distance I can see the surface of Lake Washington reflecting
the moonlight and see the silhouettes of the skyscrapers of the Seattle
skyline. But much closer to me (about 10m away) nestled into the weeds
and blackberry vines I can also make out the shape of a small round-topped
structure. I really don't want to look at the object in the corner
of the yard and am trying hard to fix my gaze on the view out to the
lake.
This attempt to ignore the obvious (like the elephant in the living
room) isn't holding up, and I have to turn my head towards what's
in the weeds. I notice that two squat figures are standing outside
of a bell-shaped structure. My first impression is that the 'people'
are chubby children because they are only a little over a meter tall.
I have the strong impression that they want me to come down to them.
It's like they are pulling on me somehow. I don't feel threatened
or particularly afraid, but am mostly concerned about venturing barefooted
into the blackberries.
Very carefully I'm climbing down into the weed-infested area of the
lot and am now standing near the two shorties. I feel tall and slender
in comparison to them. In the dim light their skin appears dark, almost
black with a blue tint(?). Their eyes are all black and rather large,
but not huge in comparison to their head, which has a rather square
shape. The nose is flat and broad and the large mouth is defined by
thick lips. (See attached sketch.) For some reason they give me the
feeling of a cheerful, 'hi-ho, away we go' type of personality. They
are ******* dwarves!
Now the problem is that they want me to get inside of their bell-shaped
device. They are gesturing energetically with their arms, swinging
them towards the tiny doorway into the bell (craft, I figured by now)
like trying to shoo me in. It is really weird, almost comical how
their movements are totally synchronized. I'm telling them, no! It's
too small for me! I keep telling them I won't fit. I don't fit, I
don't fit, I don't fit. It's no use, I'm inside now. I feel like crying.
We must be descending because I have the sickening feeling of being
in an elevator going down too fast. There is also an optical impression
of going through a dark, somewhat curvy tube with the walls glistening
with electrical sparks. I think I might have feinted at this point.
If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind
enough to contact Brian Vike at: sighting@telus.net
with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept
confidential.
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