BALL ON THE HORIZENIt happen one first week in 3/09 btween 12:15-12:45 am.I was at work,had to go to another building to get clean linen for folks in my building. I was busy getting linen,when I looked out on the grounds an saw a round object with a orange probing light. I watched it for a bit,when it stared to roll down the grass along the sidewalk a bit than stopped. So I went back to what I was doing. When I got done, I thought I would go check it out an if it was a toy I would take it with me. I stared towards the object,when something told me to go back to my van, which I did. Once in my van I rolled up my window an started it up, an I sat there a bit an watched it. It turned towards me still rolling on the ground. I started to move an made a turn, an the object rose up off the ground no higher than the window on the drivers side.At that point if I had le! t my window down I could have touched it, or it could have come inside the van with me < no thanks> It was a bit smaller than a socker ball. At that close range I could see it had like hawk wing spread out design all over it except for right in front were the pulsating orange light was comming from. I took off an it started to follow me right behind my van. When I got back to my building I didnt see it any more. Around 5:00am I saw a very bright light light out in the parking lot. I dont know if it had anything to do with the object I saw or not. A day or 2 later at the house where I live,there were 2 strange tornada shape things growing in my yard. I have never seen anything like it before. I had asked 3 diff people to come by and look to see if they knew what they were, but they didnt know either,they hadnt never seen anything like them before either One of the person touch it and said ! it felt like it had a grease texture! I know it sounds weird but I beleave it all had to do with the object I had a very close encounter with. I have seen U.F.Os ever since I was a teenager an have never been scared an I have had some very close encounters with them. But this was different some how. The object made no sound.((NUFORC Note: Source of report indicates that the time of the sighting is approximate. PD))