NUFORC Sighting 47732

Occurred: 1996-06-15 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2005-11-15 20:24 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Newport Beach, CA, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object

Unidentified Disc in plain sight, 1000 ft away, for 30 seconds

I have studied metaphysic's all my adult life. Have been involved with meditation's and various Shamanic work also. I see this experience as spiritual in nature. As natural as any other. I also feel honored to have had this experience.

I had been on a raw food only diet for a week, no alcohol, no medications, etc. and for the past three day's before the sighting had attended a seminar which had a profound affect on my consciousness. A few hours before the sighting, at the end of the seminar, something happened to my awareness. This must be explained in detail to make sense. I am willing to do that if need be.

Anyway I was in an amazing state of bliss. It was something I had never experienced. As I returned home at dusk, after the seminar's completion, I went up to my apartment in Newport Beach, California. As I walked into my place a voice said softly in my ear, "Go out to the balcony"(second floor). It was not strange to hear this voice in the state that I was in and I slid open the door and went out. The sun had gone down and immediately off to my far right was a ship slowly moving in my direction. John Wayne airport is off in the distance and I remember even seeing, as is the case regularly, a distant plane flying out. I knew immediately this was no airplane, jet or anything else I had ever seen. And it was so close.

The ship's details were not clear because it was getting towards dark and the light was not hitting it in front of me. As it moved at about 10-20 mph from a quarter mile away at my right to directly in front of me it was between 500 and 1000 feet from me...right over the parking garage next to my complex.

It stopped right in front of me...as if to say hello (that's the feeling I had). And within 10 seconds of stopping flew off at a 45 degree angle upwards at incomprehensible speed. It was gone from view in 2 seconds.

When the ship was stopped in front of me...I looked down breifly and there were the usual people walking in and out of the large apartment complex but none of them were noticing this craft. My estimation was it was the size of a football field. It was circular with noticeable, but undefined, multi-levelled sides. There were also dim auburn colored lights at a few places on it's side. Or this may have been the after-sunset reflection.

This is the only time I have seen a UFO. I believe my ability to witness this craft was because of my raised level of consciousness(via an intense seminar, etc). My theory being "I met them halfway".

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD

Posted 2005-12-16