FOOTBALL SHAPED AND SIZED BRIGHT OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKYTHESE DAYS NAVRATRA FASTING ,PRAYER AND OTHER RITUALS ARE BEING OBSERVED BY DEVOT HINDUS IN NORTHERN PART OF INDIA.MY WIFE IS OBSERVING THESE RITUALS TOO AND FOR THE SAME SHE GETS UP AT 4AM FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS.AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOM THE SOUND OF THE DOOR CLOSING BEHIND HER DISTURBED MY SLEEP. AS I OPENED MY EYES I COULD CLEARLY SEE A VERY BRIGHT FOOTBALL SHAPED AND SIZED OBJECT IN THE SKY. AS THE WEATHER IS PLEASANT WE ARE NOT USING THE AIR CONDITIONER THE GLASS PANE IS LEFT OPEN, WIREMESH WINDOW IS KEPT CLOSED AND THE CURTAIN IS NOT DRAWN. I IMMEDIATELY STEPPED OUT OF OUR BEDROOM INTO AN COURTYARD OPEN TO THE SKY. IT WAS WITHOUT A MISTAKE AN OBJECT I HAD NEVER SEEN IN THE SKY. I CALLED AND WIFE JOINED ME IN THE COURTYARD ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.SHE TOO WAS AMAZED ON SEEING THE OBJECT. IT APPEARED IN THE EAST SKY THE LINE OF SIGHT MAKING AN ANGLE OF APPROX SIXTY DEGREE.IT REMAINED THERE FOR A SHORT TIME FROM THE TIME I FIRST CAUGHT A GLIMPSE FROM OUR BED.