NUFORC Sighting 168586

Occurred: 2011-07-13 01:03 Local
Reported: 2022-06-09 21:23 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes; time dialtion
No of observers: 1

Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Location details: Bella Vista High School

Shape: Unknown
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Electrical or magnetic effects, Missing Time

Observed what appeared to be an orange colored cloud which proceeded to take a pyramidal shape ; which then flew slowly over my head.

11 years ago in the summer of 2011 I was biking home from a friend's house in the late hours and decided to take a stop at our local highschool to watch the stars. It was a calm night around 1am, there was a low lying cumulo-nimbus deck towards the west from where I was positioned. As I was observing that western area I noticed there was a peculiar vertically elongated orange/golden cloud that was distinct in color from the greyish/light polluted cloud deck. After about 5 minutes of viewing this anomaly this orange cloud deviated it's course from the trajectory of the main cloud formation and began to move towards my vicinity. I was shocked and began to actually rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't just tired or dreaming; but there it was and it was getting closer. The closer it came the more it started to take shape in what appeared to be a long isosceles pyramidal shape; 3 dimensional in nature. I look down to pull out my phone to film and it's dead(I had half battery); by the moment I looked back this object was nearing my vicinity by about half a football field. It's now appearing as a golden brass-metallic like object but I cannot discern how large it was. It could have been the size of a skyscraper or of a kite. It was accompanied by a peculiar sound almost like a low decibel violin concerto. Now it's over my head and there is a white swirl on the bottom of this object that is emitting a dull light. The air around me felt almost hot, but not temperature wise; as if the sound was making the air behave differently. The grass around and the trees also were vibrating; when I tried to focus my vision head on the object was as if it was blurry; but everything around it was visible. I felt frozen in time, and as soon as it came it seemed as it had gone; it hovered over the treeline and disappeared. I have not told many people this encounter for fear of retribution. I would like to see if there is a resource to understand what I saw.

Posted 2022-06-22

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