On a bright, clear summer day in Niwot, Colorado, a vision unfolded in the sky that has since stayed etched in my memory. It was June 12, 2021, just past noon, when I noticed an unusual spectacle near the horizon, northwest from my vantage point by the passenger window in our moving vehicle. Four misty white spheres undulated smoothly in a mesmerizing, unpredictable dance. Nestled within their midst, a solitary red orb remained eerily motionless, casting its quiet glow down from the cluster’s lower left.
The sun shone with unwavering clarity, the sky adorned only by the faintest wisps of clouds — a perfect canvas for this strange celestial performance. I observed intently for a minute and a half before nudging my husband, the driver, to share in this uncanny encounter. Despite his efforts, the enigmatic orbs eluded his gaze, flickering out one by one as if dissolving into the ether after about three minutes.
As a 60-year-old woman from Tennessee with a college education, I have always appreciated the mysteries the universe holds. This was my first formal account of such a sighting, yet a childhood memory lingers of another unexplained encounter in Louisiana, watched by my sister and me. The image of those dancing orbs above Colorado lingers still—not just as a fleeting moment in the sky, but as a haunting reminder that the unknown is often closer than we might wish to admit.