I am posting this in the hope that someone else saw this and perhaps
might kindly provide some insight into the incident.

I was traveling South on I-85 outside of Kannapolis/Concord NC at 2:00am
on Monday July 28th 2003 when I noticed a bright light over the trees to
my left.  I would not have given it much though except that it was so large
and bright.  I watched it as I drove looking for some type of support like
a pole underneath it or perhaps an aircraft above it.  I reached a point
where there were no trees in the way of my view and I saw for the first time
that
it. was hanging in midair completely independent.  Intrigued I pulled my car
over to the side of the road, got out, and tried to make sense of what I was
seeing.  It was a ball of light, about the color of an florescent light bulb
only a
bit whiter and much brighter; and when I say ball I mean a 3
dimensional object in the form of a sphere, and it was as far as I could
tell a perfect ball shape, no flaws apparent, very vivid, very well focused,
sharp edged sphere. The color was uniform through out its surface except for
a small patch of orange on the bottom. You know how when you look at an
incandescent light bulb you can see the filament burning inside of the clear
or frosted glass? Well it was nothing like that.  The light was even through
out, almost as though it WAS light.  The object made no sound, it did not
change in intensity, there were no sparks, no fumes, no smoke, no windows,
no antenna, no landing gear.  I could not tell it's size but I know it was
big.I could hold my hand out in font of me at arms length and cover about
90% of the
object. I didn't have the slightest bit of fear, I was to busy taking it all
in.
Every fiber of my being told me that what I was witnessing
COULD NOT BE HAPPENING.
I spent the entire time determining what it was not, and believe me  I
wanted it to be something I could identify, but it was not.


        1. it was NOT an airplane
        2. it was NOT a balloon
        3. it was NOT a helicopter
            a) if it was a helicopter with a spotlight pointed at me,
               then they would have had to be pointing the light directly
               at me and continued to point it at me until it went out of
               sight because the light never became an ellipse.  It
               maintained its circular (actually spherical) shape for the
               entire observation; plus I never heard a sound.
        4. it was Not burning swamp gas
            a) it would seem to me that if it were a gas then it would
               have been some irregular ever changing shape as it would
               be unconfined.
        5. it was NOT Venus, a meteor, or a re-entry
        6. It was not the moon.
        7. I don't think it was "Balled Lightning" what ever that is. I
               don't know if it can exist on a clear, and calm
               summer night; but it just seems as if it could not have
                been so large and so steady then move slowly away without a
                perceivable change in color or intensity.
        8. It was NOT built by McDonnell Douglas.

I observed the object for about 2 minutes then it moved slowly away from
my line of sight toward the East until I could no longer see it. It happened
exactly as I state here.  This is the first time anything like this has ever
happened to me.
It was real, and I will never forget one moment of it.

Any questions or speculations are more than welcomed either
publicly or you may E-Mail me if you would rather.  Please no flames as I
will
ignore them.