a strange sighting...

This is not a story and if story can be true no story could be more truer than this.I don't remember the exact date.Perhaps I might have recorded the date if I had understood the real significance of the event at the time of its occurence ,but the truth is not at least a year or two laterI actually began to think about it.
Though now I seldom go for a visit to my native village , not so long ago I would go there twice a year, once during the summer vacation and once during the puja vacation.The day I speak of was during one of the summer vacations, nearly four years ago.It was late afternoon or to be more precise a little before dusk. Cattles grazing in the forests infront of our village were just being droven back by little children who instead of playing had to spend there afternoons looking after cattles.I alongwith many others were sitting in front of our house and from there we could see the forests with its sparse but huge towering eucalyptus trees ,and also the west horizon which was a vast expanse of open land now left barren as the crops had been harvested a few weeks back.We were having an interesting discussion among us ,but suddenly our attention was drawn to a ball of bright light that appeared out of nothing over the west horizon ,above the crop barren fields which you would take hours to cross to reach the village ,which looks like a thin ribbon,on its other side and you would never encounter a human on your way especially after the harvest season which was then.The object was nothing like anything we have seen before.It stayed put low over the horizon in the backdrop of a reddning sky and then it began to dim and brighten up alternatively.But more were to come .As we watched somewhat confused another six appeared, three on either side of the pevious one which was larger than the rest.In the meanwhile those who had gone to graze the cattles also saw the bright necklace of light mysteriously and omniusly hovering over the horizon.They took fright and hastily made for the saftey of the village.
Those obects disappeared into the thin air as they had appeared leaving the entire village flabbergasted behind them.Later lot of discussions took place in the homes and street of the village ,but no one knew any thing for certain and few tried to dismiss it as fireworks originating from the distant village(though now to me it seems the most implausible idea).
The villagers were not comfortable with something for which they had no explanation so they soon forgot what they saw .But I only began to see those fireballs in a new light and that was disturbing.