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UFO. United States

ID #1623172406
Added Tue, 08/06/2021
Author July N.
Sources
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Initial data

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Incident date: 
09.12.2004 01:46
Location: 
Марипоса, CA
United States

I was lying in the living room, about to fall asleep, when my brother came in and looked like he was going to check his email on the computer. 

A few minutes later he returned to his room; I thought he was walking in his sleep. A few minutes later he came back and sat down again; then he went outside. He came back and went back to his room. I thought again that he was a lunatic. 

When he came back for the third time, I asked him what he was doing. He told me to go outside to see something. When I got outside, he pointed to a bright light that seemed to hover over the tree line about 4 miles away. 

He then pointed his flashlight at the light, and the light moved away from the tree and raised the sky by about 40 degrees. I thought to myself: strange! Then he pointed his flashlight at the second light, and the same thing happened. 

What were those headlights? I'm a U.S. Army vet, worked as an air traffic controller. I've never seen an airplane that could do what those strange lights did.

I went back to the house to get the camera, but I couldn't find a tape to record. I went back outside and my brother was in the backyard watching the other lights over the valley. We live in Mariposa, California, just a few miles from Yosemite. The lights my brother was watching now began to approach as he shone his flashlight on them. 

I was scared !!! I went back to the front of the house and saw the first lights. After an hour of watching the lights; I went online to research any information about this happening in this area. I immediately found what I was looking for. 

Sonora is about 1 hour away, also in the Sierra Mountains of California.

Original news

Date: December 9 2004
Location: Mariposa, California
Time: 01:46
Summary: I was laying down in the living room; getting ready to go to sleep, when my brother came in and looked as though he was going check his e-mail on the computer. After a few minutes he walked back to his room;I thought he was sleep walking. After a few minutes he came back and sat down again; then he went outside. He came back in and went back to his room; again I thought he was sleepwalking. When he returned a third time, I asked him what he was doing. He told me to come outside to see something. When I got outside he pointed to a bright light that appeared to be hovering over the tree line about 4 miles away. He then flashe his flashlight at the light and the light moved away from the tree’s and shot up the sky at about 40 degrees. I thought to myself; weird! He then pointed his flashlight at a second light and the same thing occured. What were these lights. I am a vet of the U.S. Army; worked as an Air Traffic Controller. I have never seen any aircraft that can do what these strange lights were doing. I went back into the house to get the cam, but could not locate a tape to record. I went back outside and my brother was in the back yard observing a different set of lights over the valley. We live in Mariposa CA just a few miles from Yosemite. The lights my brother was now observing appeared to get closer when he flashed them with his flashlight. I was spooked!!! I returned to the front of the house and observed the 1st lights. After a hour of observing the lights; I went on the internet to research any information of this occuring in this area. I found what I was looking for right away. The lights that are recorded on www.sonorasightings.com are the same lights we were observing. Sonora is just about 1 hour from here, aslo in the Sierra Mountains of California.
Source: Davenport, Peter

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