Was this a lucid dream?

Hi everyone,

I'm Louie. I usually have dreams about 7 times a week, and remember 5 or more in detail. In all my dreams something happens or appears that is clearly not possible. However, I just "roll" with them. Here's an example.

I'm a military plane fanatic, so sometimes planes appear in my dreams. However, they will always have a major flaw in the design, paint job, or even the name. In the dream I do not care. But when I wake up I start ranting on how it was "historically inaccurate".

Recently, my friend told me about lucid dreaming. I thought it was a very interesting thing, but for the past few weeks it kind of just sat at the back of my mind. Until last night.

In my dream, I was somewhere tropical (This is not suprising because we go on cruises twice a year). It was about to rain. I was walking in a parking lot when the "cue" appeared: Unusual objects. They looked like German stick grenades but with two handles and in bright colors. It dawned on me that I was dreaming. Suddenly, everything became vivid and realistic to the point where I questioned myself if I was actually in reality. Then, I noticed I could control my movements, though very slowly and stiffly at first.

I then recalled that my friend had told me that in later stages of lucid dreaming you could make any object you want appear. So, I turned around, and when I turned back again I made a real Soviet MiG-21PF jet fighter appear on the spot. It was accurate down to the last detail. But for some reason, after I made it appear I just decided to let the dream carry on by itself. However, the parts preceding I made the MiG-21PF were no less vivid.

We walked to the beach, but then I remembered my left hand was still dirty. So I jumped in the water, forgetting that my cellphone was still in pocket. I quickly jumped out to check if it was still ok, and it was. I don't really remember anything after that, though.

Unfortunately, I woke up early, at 5:00 in the morning.

So my question is...Was this a lucid dream, dream control, etc.?

Louie, congrats on your first lucid dream! Yes this is in fact a lucid dream, you should read my thread about my first lucid dream I had last night, after only knowing about lucid dreaming for 3 days. As for dream control, yes you had control but very very little, which is exactly how my first lucid dream went. "Then, I noticed I could control my movements, though very slowly and stiffly at first." That is how I was, it was as if I was a new born again, learning to walk for the first time, but only for about 10 seconds. Anyways if your interested into learning how to master this wonderful skill such as I am, i suggest reading the tutorials on dream control and stuff like that. ^.^ welcome to DV.:cheers:

Yes, if you were aware while you were dreaming that you were dreaming, then it was a lucid dream

Yes, you're right that I had only very very little control. After I made the MiG, I felt like I wanted to control my dream further, but for some reason I felt something was limiting me. Because if I could control my dream further, I probably would have placed myself in a bomber right in World War II. Thanks for being so informative and replying to my post so quickly!