A few weeks before the UFO sighting in Texas, I saw something incredibly familiar in Arcata. Between probably 8 and 10 in the evening, my roommate, who was smoking a cigarette out front, yelled for me to come outside. When I did, I saw a glowing red orb moving slowly across the sky, east to west.

This "orb" was completely silent, and as I watched, it changed its direction and began to move north-northwest. It then picked up speed and flew out of sight faster than I've ever seen anything fly, still no sound.

At this point I saw another aircraft, which looked as if it was military, traveling from the south. This aircraft seemed to be following it.

I was completely blown away by what I saw, and in retrospect wish I reported it when I had seen it. I was in the Marine Corps, stationed in Yuma at the largest air field in the Corps. I have never seen anything remotely close to what I saw that night.

I checked the paper and Internet for days afterward in hopes of seeing something but I never did. Then I saw the stories in Texas, and figured I had to let someone know. I can't imagine that no one else saw this.