Was it….?

So, I’ve always considered myself to be a logical person. I always laughed at the theory of aliens and other life-forms. Until last night. I’m…not quite sure what happened, but whatever it was scared the hell out of me. I stepped outside around 12:30 to have a cigarette. I had been playing on Facebook, and IM’d my friend that I would be right back. I don’t know why, but I looked up at the sky. I guess I noticed the stars were brighter than usual, and I was automatically drawn to the Big Dipper. Then I noticed one of the corners of the dipper was flashing red, white, red, white. I figured it was an airplane moving past. But it was moving really slow. Slower than a plane normally would. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash of light. A  HUGE flash, like lightening, but in a semi-circle coming up from the ground off behind the houses to the west of our house. I figured it was just lightening and didn’t think anything else about it. Then I noticed there was a street lamp light showing through the trees. Only it kept getting bigger, and closer? Next thing I know, I’m panicked. My heart rate is accelerated.  I toss down my cigarette, only half smoked, and quickly walk in the house. I get back on the computer and look at the time. It’s now 1:30. I thought surely I must have looked at the clock wrong before because it doesn’t take an hour to smoke half a cigarette. Then I checked what time my last IM had been sent….12:28 a.m. I’m not really sure what to think about all of this. I’m really confused! All my life I’ve been told to think things through in a logical manner. And my mind is cluttered with pure chaos now. I feel….Odd. Not like I am ill or anything, but just…off. I thought maybe I had just had a little too much caffeine but then I realized I hadn’t even drank my soda yet today. I feel very observant. I notice every little sound, every smell, little things that normally I wouldn’t notice seem to catch my eye. What is going on???