I think I may have seen A UFO

OK, well technically I did see a UFO. In the literal sense of the word. I did see an Unidentified Flying Object. I saw something in the air and I didn't know what it was. I'm not saying "It was totally aliens!!".

Now, I would also like to state that I have an immense interest in Aliens, UFOs and the like, and it has always been a dream of mine to actually see something along these lines. But with that in mind, I am not one to call "UFO!" on everything that I see in the sky, I will definitely call bullshit on something when I see it.

Allright with the disclaimers out of the way, I'll get on with it. Oh, sorry, no pics. Bummer, right? But there is no way my camera would have gotten this.

Well, I was in my backyard on Saturday. I don't remember exactly what time it was, but it was in the late afternoon, early evening. The sun was setting but it wasn't dark yet and the sky was still blue. I'm going with the 6 - 7pm range. Just kind of looking around for whatever reason, I point my head straight up, and I see what looks like a star. I think "Wow, that star is out early, but it is close to getting dark so maybe its one of the brighter ones".

But upon further looking, I notice that it's a metallic object, and the light coming off of it looks like that because the sun in it's setting position is hitting it and reflecting off of it. So of course then I naturally think "Oh OK, just a really high airplane". But I keep looking at it and it isn't moving, just staying in the same straight up position. So I think that's odd, so I keep looking at it and then I notice that its getting brighter. not only that, it is dimming again after that, like a pulsing. Not in a straight on/off sort of way, but a slow fade from dim to bright and back again. Over and over.

This may sound like some plane's signal lights, that's what I thought at first too, but it was much too bright, and it was still way too light outside to see those anyways. And again, planes move, heh.

So I stood there watching this object for maybe 10-15 mins, It didn't do shit the entire time. Just sat there, pulsing. So after that amount of time, my neck was sore from looking straight up so I went inside.

Now that's the part of the story that a buddy of mine, who I happen to discuss all things UFOs/Aliens/whatever weirdness comes up with, started yelling at me.

"What the fuck, you see a UFO and you walk away?!?! Your neck was sore? Just lay down stupid!"

Now in retrospect, he was right, I totally shouldn't have walked away, maybe if I watched longer I could have maybe gotten a clearer shot of this object and explained it. Or seen how it departed, like shot off at crazy speeds, or floated away, or vanished, or whatever crazy way UFOs leave, because it wasn't there about an hour later when I went back out again.

OK, so any ideas?

Thoughts?

Weather Balloon?

Swamp Gas?

Oh, and I thought about maybe it was the Space Station too, because at certain times it is visible from Earth, and it does end up having a bright "star-like" quality when the sun reflects off of it. But again, it moves. Slowly, but it moves. And it doesn't pulse light either, heh.

This may have not been the "Dream UFO Sighting" I was hoping for, but its something and it was neat. So I'll take it.