Saw in the corner of my eyes. Stopped car & watched fro 5 min. It then took off.
This was many years ago when I was 18 yrs old around 1974 in late summer. I was going home from taking my girlfriend home around 11:30 PM. It was a beautiful clear night. I saw it in the corner of my eye as I was driving on this country road. I pulled over and watched it for around 5 min. It was hovering just above the tree line. It seemed like it was only a hundred, maybe 200 yards away. It was disc shaped 30-50 ft across with flashing lights on the bottom side. It made absolutely no noise and was so close to the trees I knew a chopper would have made the trees shake all over. And then suddenly it took off like a bullet from a gun. It was then that I knew what it was. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen. I was so excited that I actually saw a UFO. I hurried home to tell my parents but they were either skeptical or just not interested.