NUFORC Sighting 166643

Occurred: 2019-10-05 09:47 Local
Reported: 2022-02-10 19:55 Pacific
Duration: Less than 1 min
No of observers: 1

Location: Saguaro Lake (Mesa), AZ, USA
Location details: 33.557146,-111.499882https://maps.app.goo.gl/WFks86T2Qw6bS7fk8

Shape: Orb
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Electrical or magnetic effects, Animals reacted

I caught an image on film I want analyzed. I have seen numerous oddities at saguaro but this day was the start to heightened observati

I will preface this stating I love making amateur art for my viewing pleasure to associate it with my good memories. So I used photo filters on some pictures obviously but I don't think I did on all. One second to last is Bartlett Lake but the rest are Saguaro Lake. I can't even recall when it really dawned on me this is an abnormal object in my pictures. My boyfriend at that time had a cabin cruiser boat and we stayed all night on the boat near that location. I remember thinking the canyon walls were so amazing and had stories to tell. That marks the day I started taking random pictures of all the scenes at the lakes we visited, or I visit, because I was fascinated with the mystery and beauty I hadn't yet experienced in Arizona even though I had lived here 20 years.

That same day Saturday, oct 5 2019, we went to a music jam along the dock at a friend's houseboat so we took a few friends out on our boat back to that area of the lake. It was getting to be early evening and the sun would set soon so as we were at the last part of the canyon walls heading SE to the marina/boat docks before hitting open water when we all saw 3 bighorn sheep standing eerily observant at the very edge of the cliff to the north as if they were giving warning yet watching for something to come. It was just a strange day as I reflect back on the date of the picture and the date of the party and the bighorn sheep sighting. That spot was not far from where I took pictures earlier that morning. (*Note - Also reading below to check the boxes, the depth finder on the boat went out there in that area but it happened more than once in that area. I know it happened one other time at Bartlett lake but I have actually had several friends who have mentioned while cruising around Saguaro lake that the depth finder cut out. It's always in what I call middle canyon before shipwreck rock. So I am going to check the box for electrical interference below )

I have more accounts from saguaro lake and salt river that leads downstream from the lake. I don't have specific dates, but i have a date range from late July 2020 to early November 2020. It was during covid, they closed rec areas at the lakes due to COVID and then longer due to wildfires in AZ near the area. I have a friend who can attest to seeing strange objects we actually thought were drones possibly the size of cars that looked far away but as we would pay attention more we could actually see them hovering. We didn't go out with the intention to see anything. We both love being on the water and being at one with nature - especially in the desert on the water. I have a habit of dropping phones in the water so often times I wouldn't take a phone with me so no photos of the car sized drone appearing objects - just my word which offers no credibility. I'm only accounting this for your record on a chance that maybe it will help validate or correlate someone else's story. I'm not seeking anything out of this other than satisfying my curiosity which I realize I could only be so lucky. I know I saw something and I don't have to prove it to anyone for my own satisfaction. Also I can only account for 3 different nights of seeing what I thought were 2-3 drones all with the same friend. It was dark skies every time we saw them, but the objects were almost like dark or reflective as to blend in with the sky and surroundings. We also observed one night by salt river near granite reef, a a wierd tower was to the NW in the desert behind the damn on national forest or reservation land. It had 3 blinking lights but they weren't consistent as if their purpose was to alert air craft and they stopped blinking eventually. I know they had different colors but I can't remember the specifics and don't want to speculate - I remember a random tower with inconsistent blinking lights. I assumed it had something to do with the "car size drone" activity we had witnessed. Each sighting the objects seemed far away then seemed so close and the pattern of flight briefly witnessed was so angular - things don't just fly fast jutting upward at a 45 -90 degree angle in seconds do they? I'm no scientist, nor mathematician, not an engineer or anything close. What I saw could probably be easily explained, and in listening to conspiracy theorists locally, nationally, worldwide it may not be ufo related. The time frame was around COVID, presidential election, escalated and sensationalized government finger pointing and propoganda, news of Jeff Besoz and his recent Amazon property acquisition in NE Mesa not far from the lake and river, in which the same time articles reported of him dumping amazon stock and investing in high tech tracking technology overseas, along with the Elon Musk/Tesla presence in Tempe AZ, Chandler home to Intel, Honeywell, and a ride I had with an Uber driver who can recount words of an engineer from one of the microchip companies stating what takes place in our state would scare us because America is mostly Christian, and their professional work would be viewed as the Devils coming. I speculate and overthink what I saw, I am very open minded, and I am sure there are logical explanations, but I'm not a sheeple at heart and I think it's crazy, ignorant, and insulting to be told or desensitized, and programmed to think we are the only life form that exists.

Just to note how we accessed closed land was due to my friend that lives there on a houseboat at Saguaro lake so we launched paddle board, canoe, kayaks from the dock initially. Then saguaro del Norte rec area at the lake and granite reef and other river rec areas opened up again to the public. One thing to note Butcher Jones rec area at Saguaro did not open up for almost another 6 months, so like spring of 2021 maybe longer. This is where we saw the most activity that we truly thought were large drones the size of cars.

On January 30, 2021 I also caught another picture on saguaro with a wierd orb sphere off the water which could be sunlight reflecting just like my first pictures. I am going to attach them all. Sorry if I have wasted your time, and I appreciate any further look this gets. Thank you for the work you do.

Posted 2022-03-04