I was driving to work at 5:15am when I saw what was similar to a shooting star except it was gold in color and much too low to be one. it was kind of like a roman candle shot from above my car to the ground. a few seconds later I saw what appeared to be lights above the ground. since I was on a highway I thought that it was a truck coming toward me in the other lane. a few moments later, I realized that this thing was in the sky at a low altitude. I watched as it passed me. it was huge, had lights in a circular manner and I could see the craft above the lights. at least I think that that was it. it passed slowly above me. I kept looking at the clock in my car to make sure that I didn't have missing time. I have no idea why I thought this. i don't know why i did that. as i looked in my rear view mirror, it was still floating, for lack of a better word. i gradually lost sight of the alleged craft.