Appearance / Description of Object(s)

It was night and I don't think I saw a shape just the spotlight pointing down. light was bright white.

Size of Object(s)

Relative at arms length I think I probably could have covered the light with my finger. Actual size I think like a news helicopter maybe a little bigger.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Think maybe 1/2 to 1 mile away and 100 to 200 yards above ground

Description of Area / Surroundings

Either in National forest or just next to. About 20 miles East is Warren Airforce base.

Full Description & Details

I would have to research to figure out the date of a total Lunar eclipse visible from Southeastern Wyoming during my college years 86 to 95 and I think it was around say midnight MST. I wanted to observe the eclipse and it was overcast in Laramie to I thought I would try to get above the cover and drove up in elevation to Vedauwoo area. The lunar eclipse was spectacular with the moon turning green and orange. I think I might actaully have taken photos of the eclipse and will try to dig out the pictures and see if there is a date. It was a very bizare night and I came across what must have been a Satanic ritual site which was about a 12 foot by 6 inch pole with a hangmans nose around a skinned animal the size of a medium to small dog. Needless to say I got the hell out of there! I was driving around on dirt roads in the middle of nowwhere and saw what I thought was a helicopter. I stopped my car and observed the UFO. I expected to hear chopper blades but there was only total silence. There appeared to be a very bright spotlight that was pointed down and seemed to be searching for something going back and forth, but alway pointed down. Eventually it went away from me lost at the horizon. I also saw a runway with lights that strobed from one end to the other. Like I said this is the middle of nowwhere and I am pretty positive there are no runways anywhere around there unless something private maybe.

The entire incedent I still think was probably just a helicopter by the way it flew and had a spotlight and hovered, but the silence still puzzles me.

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

Helicopter, but like I said I felt that I should have been able to hear it and couldn't. It manuvered like a helicopter and didn't do anything out of ordinary.

Witness Background

Self employed right now. Previously I was a truss design engineer and at the time I was an engineering student.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

I would say that I believe in UFO's, but wouldn't say I am a fanatic. I would love to see one and probably the reason I never reported this case is that it seems like it can be explained. My college degree is in Engineering and I am very fact based and well grounded. The runway lights puzzles me the most. I have always enjoyed listening to Coast to Coast, but I have never read books or magazines about UFO's.

Other Comments

Just happened to be watching a UFO show on the SciFi channel and thought I would google and report this in case anyone was interested. I do know people that have lived in a cabin in that area that say there is a "UFO nut" in their opinion that lives in that area that has photos and stuff plastered all over inside the persons home.

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