NUFORC Sighting 03083

Occurred: 1998-01-30 20:00 Local
Reported: 1998-02-02 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5 hrs
No of observers: 6

Location: Sedona (5 miles w. of), AZ, USA

Shape: Light

Summary : Stationed on a small hilltop situated between the Secret Mountain Range and Mingus Mountain, near the Bradshaw Ranch, six people witness two very strange events: A blinking light of different colors appearing on the horizon, and two solid objects of unknown origin descending to the east.

Three researchers of the investigative group "Citizens for U.N. Base Disclosure" planned an all-night long research event on the nights of Jan. 30th and 31st of 1998. In an area known for unusual UFO activity, the researchers set up their equipment on an isolated hilltop near the Bradshaw Ranch (which has been featured on the TV show "Sightings"). One man driving a Jeep Laredo, and a married couple in a Suzuki sport-utility eventually joined our party, and we built a camp fire as we gazed the night skies. The first sighting came at dusk, with a few stars beginning to show up. An object, descending from the east, was spotted. The object was bright white in color, approximately 10,000ft. in altitude, and about three times the size of Venus. It seemed to be a solid object. Adjacent to the object, at an est. distance of 1,000 ft. was a smaller object traveling synchronously with the larger object. We all witnessed these objects travel for about 1 minute, until they disappeared behind 6,500ft. Bear Mountain (3 miles to the east of where we were). The objects were very unusual, and did not look like any conventional aircraft. The second "sighting" was witnessed throughout the night: a bright light flashing numerous colors was seen low on the horizon near Camp Verde, a town about 15 to 20 miles south of our location. The light was quite clear, thus suggesting that it could not have been very far away (maybe 20 miles in distance from us). The light, when first seen, was moving up, and left and right slowly. Then it ABRUPTLY vanished. The light would then reappear in the same location...then it would eventually vanish. This activity went on throughout the night. The light simply was not an airplane due to the bright blinking colors it emitted, what's more, the light was not located near any known flight path for airplanes or near any known airport. More info on this sighting and other strange events concerning the Sedona area can be found at the following web site: http://users.sedona.net/~redstone/UN-BASE.htm

Posted 2002-04-25