Size of Object(s)

Perhaps 30 feet in diameter

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

50 feet

Shape of Object(s)

oval shaped

Color of Object(s):

yellow-orange

Full Description & Details

Lieing in bed and looking out my window, I noticed a large, bluish white object moving slowly in the night sky. I followed it with my eyes, trying to figure out what it was. Norton AFB was only a few miles south east and the object seemed to have been near that area. I was used to seeing airplanes, but this was definitely not the case. As an aviation fan, I could tell the difference between a plane, a helicopter, and this unusual object. It hovered and drifted from place to place without any apparent flight path. It was bright and pulsated slightly. It ws not reflecting any light; it was generating it.

Shortly, it was joined by two other objects of slightly smaller size. They appeared to start "shooting" smaller objects at it. The first used evasive action and attempted to speed away; the other two in pursuit. I watched this aerial "dog fight" for several minutes as they "danced" around the night sky. At last, they sped away together at high speed. I saw them again at much greater altitude, but as they climbed, they became more and more difficult to see. I related this sighting to my parents, but they remained sceptical of the event; much to my resentment.

Two nights later, I was watching out the same window hoping to see them again. To my surprise, the back yard lit up as if the sun was rising directly overhead. The neighbor's yard, however, was still quite dark (which didn't make sense at the time). I ran to the window and looked up to see a large, yellow-orange object moving silently and slowly over our house. As it came directly overhead, it was far too bright to look at. Looking down, I could clearly see details on the ground that I probably couldn't have seen in daylight. This is difficult to explain, but it was unforgetable. The object froze directly overhead for approximately 15 secs and then began to drift silently again in the same direction as before.

I ran from my room to convince my father to go outside and see it. He looked up and saw a bright light over the house, but presumed it to be a police helicopter spotlight. I told him there was no sound from it and if he hurried, he could see it drifting away for himself. Still sceptical, my father's police radio broke the silence by reporting multiple sightings being called in for an unidentified aerial object. His hobby was listening to the calls and several started coming across about the light in the sky. We stood there staring at each other for a moment and then ran out of the house into the front yard.

We stood there for several minutes watching a large, yellow-orange, eliptical mass drift slowly away. I will never forget that event. If I could recall the exact date, police records might still exist of the calls, but this was a long time ago. Now, 35 years later, I only remember the event and standing in my shorts in the street (but not the date).

I estimate the first objects to be at an altitude of a few hundred feet and the final object less than fifty feet from the ground. It was large and would have easily measured 30 feet in diameter. It was too close to look at directly when overhead due to it's brightness, but the color was an unmistakable yellow-orange. I've thought about this ever since and cannot say it's color was homogenous. It was like looking directly into a bright fire and trying to guess it's hue. There were shades of red, but orange and yellow stand out in my mind. I thought I would have been burned from the intensity, but cannot say that I was. I felt I would have been blinded if I tried to look at it much longer when it was directly overhead. I've never felt ill-intent from it, I was simply in it's path, but it did pause directly over me before drifting away. It's path was an arc and it turned south. I watched it from the street (D St) and noted it then slowly turned east before moving out of sight and disappearing. I never saw it again and can't say if it continued to fly away or simply went dark. It just passed through my life in a most unforgetable way.

Witness Background

I was a teen at the time. This report is approximately 35 yrs old.

Other Comments

Please don't post my name or e-mail address. I only offer it for your file and to validate this as my personal testimony.

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