Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Black Triangle Approximately 40' to 50' thick by 300' + in span. 7 Very bright lights down the leading edge. 1 at the point and 3 down each side. There were no signs of doors or windows. It was a solid object and the shape could be seen easily against the night sky. We were very close to it, no more than 1/4 mile away.

Size of Object(s)

You would have to use both hands to cover the object at arms length. Approx 50' tall by 300' + span.

Description of Area / Surroundings

Very Rural Area. Rocky Mountain Top with pine trees at lower elevations around the mountain. No bases or plants nearby.

Full Description & Details

The following statement is as accurate as possible taking into consideration the amount of time that has passed.

Bald Mountain 4x4 Trail located in Shaver Lake Ca.

On a crystal clear, star filled night in 1989 we had just climbed down the stairs of an old fire watchtower on the top of the mountain when my brother-in-law and I witnessed a rather amazing event. We watched an enormous Black Triangle with a span of approx 300' + flying (maybe a better description would be floating) between the next ridge and us. This object was flying way below any conventional aircrafts stall speed the only sound was a low buzzing or humming. There were 7 red lights on the leading edge 1 at the point and three down each side.

The object was first seen by my brother-in-law about eye level directly behind me approx 1/4 mile out moving N. N.W. at 15-20 mph. it made a very slow turn towards the N.E. climbing very slowly. When the object reached 150 to 200 ft. higher than our elevation it resumed its original N. N.W. coarse which put it between the next ridge and us. We could see the outline of the craft against the star filled sky. There were no markings and no signs of doors or windows. The Red lights were VERY bright red and did not flash or change color. After we watched amazed for a few seconds my brother-in-law made a mad dash for the truck and returned with my 8-cell mag light. He flashed it several times at the craft and to our amazement a rather blinding white light with a little heat was shinned back at us. It was brighter than any spotlight I have ever seen! It scared me to death! I was screaming at my bother-in-law to turn the light off!

It slowly moved away and behind the mountains to the east of us.

The strange thing about this event is the fact that my bother-in-law and me don't remember what happened after this? The next thing we know we are on our way home and it’s really late? We were going to spend the night up on the tower? Why were we on the road for home?

We didn't talk about it for a long time (several years) but now that we have been talking about it more I asked him if he remembered any more about it. Neither he nor I do......

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

NO WAY ! My brother in law has been flying for years and I know enough about aircraft to know what it takes to stay in the air. This thing was using another type of propulsion. My bother in law is convienced the humming we heard was some sort of antigavity or elctromagnetic noise.

Witness Background

Self employed

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

Just what we had read in newspapers or seen in reports on TV.

Other Comments

This was real and it was scarry ! I have never seen anything with this much detail since. I still watch the sky thinking I might see somthing again and have seen a few strange things in both daytime and night time that you might call unidentified ? but this was totally different ! It should not have been able to stay in the air !

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