NUFORC UFO Sighting 197378

Occurred: 1990-06-15 00:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2026-04-30 22:33 Pacific
Duration: 1-2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Tampico, WA, USA
Location details: Location is marked exactly on the map

Shape: Cone
Color: Dark metallic
Estimated Size: 15ftx15ft
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South
Angle of Elevation: 45
Heading: Wasn't moving
Closest Distance: 6ft
Characteristics: Landed

Craft was dark, on the ground, with no lights and no visible signs of life around it

I was 19/20 years old at the time and worked the swing shift. I lived approx 18 miles west of town in community called Tampico which is a census designated place in Yakima, County, in Washington State. At the time i think the population of Tampico was about 300. Very small community with one small stop & go grocery store and one stop sign. Like i said, i worked the swing shift at the time and was heading home after my shift. It was about 12AM. When you get to Tampico there is/was a stop sign right in front of the little stop & go. At the stop sign theres a (Y) in the road, you can either turn left to go up the south fork or right to go up the north fork. As you can imagine, with a population of 300 at 12AM, there wasn't a single car on the road besides myself. As i approached this stop sign, i looked to my left to be sure nobody was coming before i took a right to head up the north fork where i lived. As i suspected nobody was coming but what I saw when i looked to my left gave me this instant overwhelming feeling that i was seeing something i was not supposed to see and that if i did stop at the stop sign, things would not turn out well for me. It was dark, no lights anywhere but there were 3 larger than life round objects to my left. I cant even think of another object to compare them with to give an idea how large they were. One was on the side of the road, one was in the middle of the road leading up to the south fork and there was a 3rd one across the street in the small parking lot of the stop & go. I felt i was in immediate danger, i did not stop at the stop sign, i slowly took a right and continued on my way up the road while still looking at these things to see what they might be. I didnt see any type of human or other lifeforms of movement around them just these huge round objects. The next morning i had to fill in for someone so worked the day shift and had to drive by that same area around 5/6AM. I was nervous but so happy that it was at least light out by this time, I was sure they would still be there but when i got to the area the objects were gone. No sign of them anywhere…..where did they go and (HOW) did they go?!?! I mean these things were huge. It wouldnt have been humanly possible for someone to physically move them. I dont think even the largest piece of heavy machinery would have been capable of moving them. Either way, there wasn't anyone or anything or any sign of anything ever being there. I've lost hours of sleep and time researching this and cant find anything that comes even close to explaining what i saw and the intense feeling of danger that i felt. Has anyone else seen anything like this or have any ideas on how something so large could be there one moment and 5 or 6 hours later just gone? I truly believe these objects had to be some type of flying object that landed for some unknown reason. I don't know how else they could have gotten where they were clear out in the middle of nowhere or how they were already gone 5/6 hours later. I decided maybe they were those round objects you see on the power lines to alert pilots and I put it out of my mind for many years. I later realized those objects are only about 20–36 inches. The objects i saw were at the very least twice the height of the car i was in and perfectly round. Even though I didn't physically see any people or aliens or whatever was out there. I felt that something saw me and I felt that I was absolutely not supposed to be there. I felt with every fiber of my being that I should not be there and like I was in serious danger. I wasn't into ufo when this happened and had no idea that there's a lot of ufo activity reported in that area which is on an Indian reservation. I've tried to contact them to see if they know what I saw but never hear back. I was not tired and absolutely did not hallucinate this. Please if you have any stories similar in this area I'd love to hear them. I desperately want to know what I saw. Thank you for your time.

Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated.

Posted 2026-05-05