NUFORC UFO Sighting 194520

Occurred: 1992-07-01 12:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2025-12-02 20:33 Pacific
Duration: 5-8 seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Bozeman, MT, USA
Location details: Just below the summit of the westside of Mt. Ellis

Shape: Orb
Color: Silver
Estimated Size: 50-100 ft
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: 120 degrees
Angle of Elevation: 16
Heading: South to North slowly and then East very fast
Closest Distance: 3 miles
Estimated Speed: 15mph and then 50,000mph


A silver orb slowly tracking near mountain top, takes 90 turn to east.

I was a teenager mowing my parents' lawn on Hitching Post RD. When I came back outside from a lemonade break, I spotted a perfect metal sphere moving slowly just 200ft below the summit of little Mt. Ellis to my east. The sun reflected off the silver sphere as it was a clear summer day. I had enough time to do a triple to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing. Just after I did my third check, the object had made it past the north edge of Little Mt. Ellis, then made a perfect 90-degree turn and accelerated instantly to the east, away from me. It was an impossible speed and turn, but I could just make out the direction it went before disappearing almost instantly.

I told my parents about it, but I didn't think much about it until the 60 Minutes Nimitz story a few years ago. It was the one cockpit camera photo they had that looked nearly identical.


Posted 2025-12-05