NUFORC Sighting 178462

Occurred: 1997-07-27 19:33 Local
Reported: 2023-09-27 00:46 Pacific
Duration: several min
No of observers: 2

Location: Between Santa Cruz and Davenport Ca, CA, USA
Location details: Coast Hwy 1 between Santa Cruz and Davenport / Brussell sprout fields

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Possible abduction, Missing Time, Marks found on body afterwards

Noticed in rear view mirror object depending slowly behind us and to our left. Came forward towards us and paralleled our car, about 20 feet off the ground above the fields to our left about 100-200 feet away. Strange white color, like burning magnesium, and was spinning very rapidly from left right. We kept asking each other, "what the hell is that?" many times. Next thing I recalled, I was staring at my feet, and relaxed, when the inside of the car lit up like an old fashioned flash bulb. I then looked over my left shoulder and saw the object several hundred yards behind us and to the left. It instantly took off and was over the horizon in 2 or 3 seconds The other witness was my fiancé at the time, and she was dazed, and refuses to discuss it. It was about 40 feet across and no more than 20 feet off the ground, and got very close 1-200 feet, at it's closest point. I was a database analyst at UCSC at the time, and my fiancé was a student. I previously had held a Q clearance and did work for the government as well as my father, in quite sensitive positions.

Posted 2023-10-28