Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Mostly orange, although did appear white when flaring. Almost like a star, can't really tell its color, could be many.

Size of Object(s)

The size of Mars or Venus on a clear night, large star. no idea about actual size.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

within a couple miles

Description of Area / Surroundings

open fields with trees surrounding. Streets nearby, but not very much light pollution. Very clear out. There is a military base 30-40 miles away.

Full Description & Details

I was walking back from a hike in a wooded, yet open area when I noticed a bright light, resembling a large star or planet in our night sky – it looked similar to Mars on a clear night, bright and orangish – along the horizon, above a ridge of trees. At first I thought it was a bright star, and was surprised when I saw it begin to move. It alternated between erratic and almost jerky like movements and motionlessness for short intervals of time. It went upwards and downwards, side to side, curved angles, and frequently changing directions suddenly without apparent loss of speed. It also had erratic speed patterns, slow for a couple minutes, then fast movements. Yet all in all it had moved a distance equal to the width of my hand– relative to myself – perhaps around 4 inches, in 10 minutes. At one point it began to grow in brightness and intensity, and although I could still not see the form itself, its growth in brightness and size startled me and caused me to begin walking to my car.

I called my friend when I got to my car and because he could see it faintly from his house – nearby – he believed me and drove over to the check it out from the field where I was. We both continued to observe this ‘star’ moving erratically for 15-20 minutes, not really understanding it, and not really believing it. At one point in another point in the sky up and to the left began a streaking white light, similar to a comet or shooting star, yet we both agreed afterwards that we had never seen any shooting star like it before. It moved deliberately, consistently, and much more slowly then any other comet I’ve seen, and the most fascinating part is that having started far off, its thin white streak aligned perfectly with the star-like orange light we had been watching before. The smaller white streaking light disappeared right before reaching it.

It descended behind the trees, and we climbed onto our cars and could see if for a few minutes longer. Although it was erratic, it was amazingly agile and efficient. It disappeared again. Excited and intrigued we decided to jump in my car and try and find it again, as we had the distinct impression that it was not that far away. We dropped off my friends car at his house, which was only half a mile away, and there we saw another friend who came outside and we all saw the light again, the trees being lower. It appeared much smaller at the house, and so my friend and I decided to try and drive closer. We also believe it was not that far away due to the fact that ½ a mile made the light look much smaller. We drove towards it, and after 5 minutes pulled over, to find the light again, but this time at a different part of the sky. We returned then to the original wooded area, but to a different part that had larger fields with a clearer view. We walked for 15 minutes without seeing it, when suddenly it appeared along the horizon directly in front of us. Neither of us had seen its clear and noticeable presence anytime during the 15 minute walk. After a few minute’s pause it began to move slowly, and erratically, but surely lower towards the horizon. It then suddenly flashed or flared, and for one to two seconds it expanded to four or five times its original size and brightness. It also had much more white to it than orange. After this flare it seemed to disappear, but we noticed a smaller, fainter flashing red light moving away. We could not understand if the object had been in front of this faint light - looking much like a typical plane – or had somehow changed into it. One image that caught my mind was that of a car, its lights getting much brighter when pointed directly at you, and when turning away, has fainter, and in this case also, red lights. We watched the slow and consistent – as opposed to erratic – path of this blinking red light for 10 minutes across a large portion of the sky, when suddenly it reversed direction, angled downwards awkwardly and lower to the horizon, where it began to move again and assumed a more orange color, and eventually disappeared.

Then we noticed another bright light, same color, same size, further to the right – I guess it could have been the same one, moving away, then coming back – and this one moved for a bit before again becoming larger and brighter, and intensifying above all its presence. At this point, unlike any of the other phenomena we had witnessed, we both had a distinct sensation of its presence coming closer to us, as if approaching our point of observation. It grew in brightness immensely and had white light coming out from it and almost seemed to be coming at us at a great speed. My friend got so scared he began running; I froze with fear and hair on end, without thinking. It was some sort of reactionary impulse. Luckily it quickly dimmed and changed direction. After this it disappeared slowly over the horizon, although again we witnessed a shift in light from orange to red, looking more like a plane.

These successive sightings took place over an hour and a half, and I am unsure whether there were multiple lights or if it was the same one disappearing and reappearing. The other interesting thing was the occasional change in light and brightness, and twice we saw it assume the patterns, light and blinking characteristics of a typical plane. Yet its other movements were clearly not possible for any plane. The question crossed my mind momentarily of whether it could have been a disguising tactic.

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

I do not. The manner and agility with which it moved is unlike any I have seen, or even that I could imagine an aircraft doing.

Witness Background

student

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I have always been open minded about these things, it seems more logical, rational, and probable that we are not alone in the universe, strictly speaking. I had heard personal accounts before, but I had never experienced anything myself.

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