Viewed small object of softball size hovering above me at fourteen feetCracked open a glow stick and placed it at my feet, and looked up with my night vision, and viewed a small object of softball size, hovering above me approximately fourteen feet away and approximately four inches in diameter. the pine tree limb was in view to give me a scale. the lantern light at fifty feet away was allowing me to view the object,but the light was not reflecting off the surface, but from the center out. The amazing thing was the color of violet in my night vision. It hovered over me for twenty-five seconds, with no noise,no wings and no wires. It started to back up slowly and then accelerate up. As it was doing this it started to go invisible. this all started and ended in 35 second.((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD))