NUFORC UFO Sighting 188542

Occurred: 2025-03-19 22:30 Local
Reported: 2025-03-25 18:14 Pacific
Duration: 15-20 sec
No of observers: 1

Location: Lone Pine, CA, USA
Location details: Alabama Hills campsite #17 / Inyo Mtn's.

Shape: Light
Color: Bright white
Estimated Size: Somewhere between a Bus and a house
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 20
Heading: Still, slightly up, then swirls, then straight up.
Closest Distance: 20 ish miles
Estimated Speed: from 0 to gone in the blink of an eye
Characteristics: Lights on object

Bright light, a connection, a show of silent power and speed.

I was on a camping / climbing trip in the Alabama Hills above Lone Pine ca. Camped at site #17. There are now very few campsites located in Alabama hills, so there was no other campsites in my field of view. That and the fact that it was very uncrowded in general.

On the night of 3/19/25 at around 10:30 pm, I was putting some climbing gear back in my car for the night when I suddenly felt a presence behind me. I quickly turned around to see if a person or an animal had silently snuck up on me. I immediately noticed a star like bright light on the opposite side of the owens valley from where I was. I was on the Mt. Whitney side… the light was coming from about midway up the Inyo Mountain Range to the east, above and slightly south of the town of Lone Pine Ca. Not sure of the exact miles away from my location to that part of the Mtn. range but a rough guess would be 20-25 miles.

This is a very desolate mountain range with no trees and no roads anywhere near where I saw this thing. ( I know this because I thoroughly and quite obsessively examined the exact area the next day on a satellite map). This is very much a desert landscape Mtn with the exception of the ancient bristlecone pine forest much further to the north towards Bishop. Even though it was a dark out, I could still clearly see the outline of the top of the Mtn against the skyline and could pin point its exact location in reference to the town below.

At the instant I fixed my eyes on the object I became very aware that this was the presence I felt and apparently it was very aware of my presence because it rotated in my direction. I could see this was happening because the light was a bit brighter in what I'm assuming was its front, which was pointed more to the south when I first saw it. That brighter side stopped when it was facing directly at me. At that moment the light grew way brighter like a search light, but there were no beams of light or reflections on the ground from it at any time that I could see.

At the moment it stopped rotating and was pointing at me directly, I had the unmistakable feeling that it was acknowledging me acknowledging it! I was instantly frozen with fear, whatever this was, was absolutely aware of me and my exact location. At the exact moment of the onset of this fear response, the ball of light started to move slowly straight up just past the top of the Mtn (about 3 inches from my perspective). It then quite quickly started to make tight swirling and figure 8 patterns in the sky. I know this was happening on my side of the Mtn because when its movements brought it back down lower then the top of the mountain it didn't disappear but remained in view the entire time. Strangely…I saw no reflections of light on the Mtn or in he sky.

After putting on this show of supreme aeronautical authority for several seconds, it briefly stopped at the center of these movements and then shot straight up in a perfect vertical accent at a speed that I can only describe as "in the blink of an eye". There was no gradual acceleration… Just silent instant speed. At that moment my fear response grew even more intense, because at that kind of speed it could be at my location just as fast. I scrambled into my tent like a scared mouse, and zipped it closed as fast as I could. So much for the the "take me with you please" mentality I have heard people say. Easy to be brave from a distance I guess.

I want to add that I'm an experienced technical rock climber with 35 years of hanging by my fingertips while standing on edges the size of quarters… both with ropes for "protection" and without them. So I don't rattle easily. I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I don't even meditate or have any interest in anything mystical or in any "conscious expanding" philosophies or practices. I've had 1000's of outdoor activities, camped and climbed in some very desolate places. Never seen anything more then a bear or an elk. Because of this I don't believe in Bigfoot or any other supernatural things. Other life in the universe has always seemed like a no brainer to me though.

So… there have been after effects…

My tinnitus is gone, I feel stronger, I feel more focused, I was diagnosed a year ago with an enlarged prostate so I would have to go to the bathroom 10 times every night… now 0 to 1 times, my frustrations with other drivers on the road has gone away. This was one of the strangest things to have happened to me in my 64 years on this rock. I came to this site because I did a google search to see if anyone else saw any thing strange that night. Found nothing, but this site came up. So here it is.

Posted 2025-03-26