early in the morning i went outside to have a smoke,,i live in a wooded area with partial clearing,,, i was facing due east and was looking out into the woods when out of the corner if my eye,, se about 2 o'clock direction maybe 20 feet above the ground and approximately 30 away from me in an area of woods i had cleared,, it was not higher than the trees and was in front of the trees in the clearing,,,i looked and saw a sterling silver/chrome orb with a purple center light hovering/but not moving ,, looking directly at me,, when i made eye contact with it,, the center purple light got brighter as if it had just taken a picture of me,, 1 second later after the light dimmed the orb disappeared from my sight in front of me,,, i went out in the clearing to check out the terrain and noticed nothing out of the ordinary,, remember i live in a wooden area ,, with lots of trees,, but this was in a clearing i had made and i knew what the area looks like and there was nothing different or out of place,,,