In 1979, I was working outside on a steel yard, when someone asked what that light was above the power lines that fed the industrial park. It was a beautiful clear starry night, and the light was as close as 100 yards away. Someone answered, "oh, it's just a helicaopter checking the power lines." Then someone asked, "since when does a helicopter not make any noise?"You could have heard a pin drop as most stood there with their mouths hanging open. Then most dashed into the building. A few of us were more interested in what it was and just stood there drooling, I guess. It just hovered there for about 5 minutes and never moved. Then slowly it started to turn, as if suspended on a string.All of a sudden this thing left at an incredible speed. I have been to many sir shows and hve seen some really fast aircraft close up, but never have I seen anything even approaching the speed that this thing exhibited. It was a cigar shaped craft. Since then I have seen two others, saucer shaped. rockhound