The first one is correct.
The second one can also be correct. If "something's happening right now," the event may continue over a period of time. For example, I might watch a meteor shower over the course of an hour. But after only 15 minutes, I may already feel that I have seen and experienced it. So even though the meteor shower is still happening, I might be inclined to use the past tense forms of the verbs, and say, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."