Two Midpines, CA, witnesses report watching a hovering object just 100 feet in the air that was shining a light down into a wooded area at about 1 a.m. on November 29, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The two friends were sitting in a truck talking when the lights from the object first came into view and were noticed by one of them.
"He pointed towards the lights and I realized they were suspended in the air and actually flying/hovering, moving in a weird up-and-down, side-to-side motion," the reporting witness stated. "The lights were orange that seemed to circle around the craft, or at least move from right to left down the side of the craft and a blue light that stayed in one place."
The two immediately got out of the car to look at the object.
"At this point it seemed to have stopped moving and was shining a light down into the trees below it (which seemed to be less than a hundred feet below). It remained there for the longest time, 10 or more minutes, so finally we had to get back into the car because it was freezing outside and we were shaking uncontrollably from the cold and the fear and excitement."
The witness says the object may have moved further into the wooded area or actually landed, but overcome with fear, they drove away.
"By time we were in the car it seemed the object may have descended into the woods below because all I could see was a much dimmer version of the lights close to, or on, the ground. Scared out of our wits, that's when we left."
No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on November 29, 2011. Midpines is in Mariposa County, CA. From Wikipedia: It lies among the Sierra Nevada foothills of the central part of the state, 6 to 10 miles north of Mariposa, the county seat. It is composed of scattered residential areas along both sides of State Route 140, which is one of three principal routes to Yosemite National Park, some 30 miles to the east of Midpines. The population was 1,204 at the 2010 census.
California is a current UFO ALERT 3 rating, with a high number of UFO sightings nationally. California had 69 reports in October 2011 - the 2nd highest reporting state in the nation - while Missouri was the highest reporting states with 75 reports.
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CA, November 29, 2011 - Late night UFO sighting in the hills, two witnesses. MUFON Case 33716.
At about 1am in the morning my friend and I were sitting in his truck on a hill top in Midpines, CA. We were both in deep conversation paying little attention to the darkness of the woods outside when I noticed some lights come around the mountain in the distance. At first it registered in my mind simply as a car coming around from the side of the mountain and I thought to myself "oh, I didn't know the highway was right there". Interrupting himself in conversation, my friend then suddenly said "look at that!". He pointed towards the lights and I realized they were suspended in the air and actually flying/hovering, moving in a weird up-&-down, side-to-side motion. The lights were orange that seemed to circle around the craft, or at least move from right to left down the side of the craft and a blue light that stayed in one place. Completely shocked out of our minds, we both simultaneously opened our doors and got out of the car, not once looking away from the object. At this point it seemed to have stopped moving and was shining a light down into the trees below it (which seemed to be less than a hundred feet below). It remained there for the longest time, 10 or more minutes, so finally we had to get back into the car because it was freezing outside and we were shaking uncontrollably from the cold and the fear and excitement. By time we were in the car it seemed the object may have descended into the woods below because all I could see was a much dimmer version of the lights close to, or on, the ground. Scared out of our whits, that's when we left.
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