NUFORC UFO Sighting 182247

Occurred: 2011-08-10 01:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-07-11 05:11 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Folsom, CA, USA
Location details: In the sky over neighborhoods east/southeast of Folsom Heights

Shape: Triangle
Color: Black or dark gray
Estimated Size: 100-300 feet long, difficult to say for certain
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: east/southeast
Angle of Elevation: 65
Closest Distance: 60-100 feet
Estimated Speed: Unsure, but quite fast at first and then very slow
Characteristics: Lights on object

Triangular aircraft was spotted 400-800 feet in the sky, eventually following myself and my friend and stopping to hover over the trees

Late at night in 2010 or 2011 my friend and I decided to take a 15 minute walk to grab some soda from the vending machine in front of a local store. We were two 19 year old girls who had spent the night hanging out together.

On our way back to her apartment with our soda, I was looking to the east at the neighborhoods there and the skies above them. I saw a very bright yellow/white light in the skies, I'd guess 400-800 feet above the houses. It was high enough that I thought it might be one of the brightest stars, but upon closer inspection my depth perception allowed me to see that it was much closer than I'd initially thought.

It quickly became evident that the bright light was growing larger and brighter very quickly, and it reminded us of seeing a helicopter's searchlight from a distance without the beam. Just a concentrated point of extremely bright light, like a star.

Eventually it seemed that it wasn't just moving in our general direction, but coming toward us specifically. It was hard to believe that this was happening. We started running to her apartment then. After turning down her street and slowing to catch our breath, we turned around to see that it had followed us the whole way. It was gliding very slowly before stopping and silently hovering just above the neighborhood trees (maybe 50-100 feet above us).

The object was black or dark grey, triangular, and had a single white/yellow light at each point. It was completely silent while in motion and while hovering. It didn't visibly disturb the trees. It really felt like we were being stared at and it felt unsettling.

After a few moments, we ran the short remaining distance up the road and went inside her apartment. We didn't dare to go outside or even look out the windows again that night. I've never seen anything like it before that night or since.

Posted 2024-08-22