NUFORC Sighting 91179

Occurred: 1967-11-20 21:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2012-07-25 19:00 Pacific
Duration: 1minute
No of observers: 2

Location: Silver Lake, OR, USA

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Colo

Saw a small white light that increased dramatically in size, reduced to a small light, turned red and zip......it was gone.

#4. The time is late fall, 1967. The girlfriend mentioned in #3 is my wife and we live in Bend, Oregon where I was attending college. As finances were tight (nothing new for a student) we would many times drive to where my parents were living in Lakeview, Oregon for a weekend getaway at very little cost, other than fuel.

The drive is about 175 miles to the southeast of Bend, Oregon on a two-lane asphalt highway, and for the most part extremely barren and traveled very little after dark. I had classes at Central Oregon Community College until late afternoons and we'd leave Bend about dark for the approximately 3 hour drive.

About halfway through the trip, near Silver Lake, Oregon, which is noted for the long, flat expanses of arid dry desert, I got a chill, as if I was being watched. Since we were in somewhat desolate country with the possibility of deer, cattle or horses using the open rangeland, I kept my driving speeds to between 50 and 55 mph so I could stop if said animals decided to use the road to lie down and take a snooze. As we were driving I noticed a small light at the 1:00 o'clock position and roughly 40 degrees up. Okay, it could be the landing light of any small airplane that the pilot forgot to turn off.

Suddenly the light started getting larger, which at this point I decreased my driving speed so as not to drive off the road while watching the light continue to get even larger.

As the light got larger I slowed even more until I'm almost stopped. Keep in mind that stopping in the road in this area isn't dangerous as we hadn't seen a car for over an hour.

The light has grown to a size that I estimated to be about 100 feet in diameter and at a distance of 1-2 miles away. It looked huge. My wife is screaming at me to “get going”.

No way....I want to see this thing! Then it starts getting smaller, until it is back to the original size, turns to a flashing red light, starts moving west, and within a count of 1,2,3....it is over the horizon! And in this flat, open range, that is over 20 miles! GONE....in a couple of seconds! I'm excited. I was delighted to see something like this.

My wife is still cussing at me (which is rare for her to use profanity) but she is scared! We continued the rest of the trip with no more “excitement”. She didn't say one word to me for the rest of the trip! We arrive at my parents house, she goes directly to bed without speaking to me.....!!! The next morning, she acts as if this didn't occur! She would NOT admit what we saw! I've tried to reason in my mind what we saw. I know that one of the strobe lights on all airplanes is red. Fine! But that doesn't explain the white light.....growing to a gigantic size.......reducing again to a small white light than to a flashing red light and DISAPPEARING OVER THE HORIZON in a flash! Needless to say, I never heard of any sightings that evening. Even if anyone else in the area had seen it they'd be accused of drinking! I guess this is the reason it took so many years for me to mention any sightings to anyone.

I KNOW WHAT I WITNESSED! Can't explain it, but know what I saw!!! (Note: My wife of that time frame and I are now divorced, but she has NEVER, EVER admitted to what occurred.)

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. One of five reports from the same source, with whom we have spoken on the telephone, on several occasions. The witness strikes us as being quite sober-minded, and we suspect he is an excellent witness, and quite reliable. Once his reports are posted to our website, we will provide links to all of his sighting reports. PD

Posted 2012-08-05