Between 1997-1999. I was training in Petawawa (Army base) Canada... I was a corporal military police... I was laying prone in my shell scrape covering my arcs of fire... It was approx. 1-3 am overcast in the woods... It was so dark I couldn't see my hand in front of my face... I saw a red light entering my ark coming from my right traveling to my left... At about my 11-12 o'clock position it changed course and floated straight towards me... It was a red floating orb semi transparent that emited little light... I craweled towards it and tried to touch it with my hands... Thee red floating semi transparent orb that emited little light backed away out of arms reach... It floated up and down slowly as if it was checking me out... I pulled back my arms and rested them under my chest... I stretched my head as forward as it would go... Still in prone position... I kept my eyes as wide open as I could... I watched this floating red orb semi transparent that emits little light move in closer to my face... It was hovering in front of my nose... Millimetres in front of my nose... I was studying it and I think it was studying me... It was a floating red orb semi transparent that emited little light it was millimetres from my nose... I think it touched me... Next thing I remember it was day light... I wandered into the centre of camp... Two others said they saw a UFO... The commanding officer said it was a helicopter forget about it... I don't know what they saw but I know what I saw... A floating red orb semi transparent that barely emited light... It was millimetres from my nose I think it touched me... This was the first time contact was made... For the record I didn't fall asleep imagine or dream this... At the time I thought it was some sort of test or secret weapon... Whatever doesn't mater anymore... Time was lost...