NUFORC Sighting 04443

Occurred: 1998-09-12 10:30 Local
Reported: 1998-09-26 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 Seconds
No of observers: 10

Location: Mt. Baker, WA, USA

Shape: Oval
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object, Left a trail

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/2300/baker.html Was seen by 10-14 people clearly for 5-10 seconds. Object was in a flat horizontal projectory. More information can be found in depth at the URL above.

UFO Spotted on Mt. Baker, Washington (September 12, 1998) UFO Skywatchers from several parts of the United States gathered this year at Mt. Baker's "Snowline Inn". The group was gathered for the yearly rendevous at this location where organizer, Tom Sanger, of Arizona, had his UFO experience in 1988. He and a buddy were hiking near the US-Canadian border when they were closely approached by a UFO. Oddly, the ridge closest to the UFO's position is called the Pleiades. Since then, Tom has gotten a group together every year for the outing to Mt. Baker. This object was clearly seen by ten people that were in our party and 4 others that were set up farther away with telescopes. It initially approached from west to east traveling approximately 7,000 miles per hour, according to retired Air Force personnel in our party. Far too fast to see through binoculars or telescopes. It was clearly visible for 5-10 seconds before it faded out. Interestingly, it was on a horizontal trajectory and not arching as a meteor would. The UFO had an orange corona as something traveling very fast in the atmosphere. It was the size of a pencil eraser at arms length. Distance was difficult to judge in the darkness, but it was between Mt. Baker, and Mt. Shuksin and at about 15 degrees. Last year, several residents of the area reported bright green lights over Goat Mt. and what appeared to be a large round circular area "cut out" of the snow. The area is only accessible by air or walking. There are no logging roads to get up there. The "cut" was on the northern slope where there are no residents on the other side to see it. Local deer hunters ran across it. Shortly after, black helicopters were seen in the area flying over the area of the missing snow. No mention was ever made to anyone in the area as to what this might have been. After we observed the UFO, the moon rose and shone brightly. We could clearly see a dense fog rolling into the area making it impossible to see any further. We opted to leave. In the 8 minutes it took to get everyone going, the fog was so thick you could hardly see the one in front of you. The road was twenty miles of winding hairpins. That combined with fog was more than we wanted to chance. We took off down the road slowly at first. We passed only one car coming up. Our driver, a lady from Arizona named Tina, was sharp eyed and spotted Owls in the trees alongside the road. She stopped and we shone the flashlight on them. They stayed put. We saw about four of them on the way off the mountain. Were they really owls? One might wonder.... The following morning at breakfast, we spoke to the driver of the car that was coming up the mountain. She said there was no fog when they got to the top. Amazing, since it was only 20 miles, and they were almost to the top when we passed them. This fact and that our driver could spot owls in the trees on a treacherous road at night in the fog was just totally amazing. If Tom has this next year, it's a must go for me! You can't spot them if you don't look for them! If you want to take part in it, email me and I'll put you on the list. Your mind is like a parachute. It only works when it is open!

Posted 1998-11-01