Exact time and date unknown. Early 2000s late at night, could've been summertime. Near or around Walling, Tennessee. I still live in this area and not comfortable giving the exact location. I cant give an approximate date, just can say that it was early 2000s in middle/east Tennessee. I was 9 or 10. I never spoke about it to anyone after it happened. I was traveling in a car with my mom, sister and one of my mom's friends. we were driving in an area we are totally familiar with. I was brought up in a small community with only a handful of other families (lots of endogamy) and we were on the outskirts of our little community driving out towards my great grandmas. it was late at night. i was sitting in the backseat of the car while my sister was beside me and my mom was in the front passenger seat in front of me. I talked to my sister about this this morning and she says she doesnt remember but has her own strange experience in the same area we were driving in. I remember this clear as day. I remember my mom also seeing it. I remember being so terrified but unable to look away. like I said before, after that occurrence it was never talked about it again until last week when I finally asked my mom if she remembered and she said she absolutely did and just thought she was crazy. as we were driving along I was staring out the window like I usually did as a kid when all of a sudden this bright blinding light came out of nowhere and everywhere. which is of course strange because we were out in the country, no street lights, stop lights or anything of that nature. I remember looking up and seeing a huge oval shaped object glowing bright red/orange almost like flames flying above our car along top of the tree line. I remember my mom and her friend freaking out and hauling ass out of there. it followed for a minute and just disappeared. has anyone else had an experience similar to this? submitted by /u/Fair_Meal3949 [link] [comments]