My Close Encounter With A UFO

[Valley]

Over 30 years ago, when I was 7, living in southern California, near Los Angeles... I saw and had a close encounter with a UFO, shaped very similarly to typical flying saucer reports, but it was completely covered with lights.

The experience began while playing outside in our yard, which was kinda like a small junkyard (playground to me at the time), with several broken down cars... as my dad was an independent professional car mechanic and used the cars for spare parts. I was with my little brother, (one year younger than I), just as it was getting dark at the end of the day. At the time my parents were out bowling and we were being 'watched'/babysat by my older sister. At first we saw the craft at a far distance and it was slowly moving across the sky, towards our general direction at an estimated altitude of around 1,500-2,000 feet. As it moved closer on a straight line trajectory, the underside could clearly be seen to be completely covered with hundreds of blinking lights... and it was traveling completely silently, without ever making a sound.

The 'craft' continued on it's straight-line path beyond our location at about the same altitude, and began getting further away. This was by far the most amazing thing I'd ever seen in the sky as a 7 year-old, and I didn't want it to leave... so I had an inspiration to run and get a small chalkboard which we used to practice our ABC's on. I then drew a quick chalk sketch of what the craft looked like... and climbed on top of one of the junk cars with the chalkboard drawing and attempted to signal to the 'ship'. To my amazement and delight the craft stopped it's movement, then began coming back in our direction slowly until it arrived directly overhead... when it then began to slowly descend to an estimated altitude of less than 500 feet.

At that altitude I could clearly see the individual lights covering the whole bottom-side were actually uniformly lit and rectangular-shaped solid light panels, with various shades of color... some light blue, some light green, orange, pink, yellow, turquoise... and they were all blinking on and off at different rates, kind of like an ultimate Christmas light arrangement of some kind. These rectangular (almost perfectly square-shaped) light panels were arranged in rings within rings patterns across almost the whole underside, with very little space between each light panel.

It was then approached by a couple helicopters, and it started gaining altitude and moving back towards the original direction it came from. More jets and helicopters approached and chased after the craft, forming a line of pursuit as they all moved off into the distance.

So that's the basic 'rundown', with the whole experience/encounter lasting around 10 minutes. I would estimate the diameter of the craft to be around 75-100 feet.

[betoobig]

Wouw, great experience. Our Valley, special from the begining... no wonder your good vibes where seen by "them".
BTW thanks for one more great spiritual song, i enjoy everyone you do, inspirational. Thanks my friend.
Love...Evol

[Valley]

Thanks Mr BTBig... I also find your contributions here to be spreading the 'good vibes' around plentifully.

Also, to add a few more details to the sighting/experience... the ship was probably closer to 300 feet at it's lowest point, directly overhead... and when it was getting very close my older sister got on the phone to the bowling alley, telling my parents what was happening, as she was afraid the ship would take me away and she would be in big trouble. My parents quickly rushed home, but it was all over by the time they arrived. I was never afraid during the whole experience, because this ship and whoever was flying it seemed much more advanced and friendly than anything I'd ever seen in the skies before. I was ready to jump onboard and go for a ride.

[Selkie]

Posted by Valley (here)
Over 30 years ago, when I was 7, living in southern California, near Los Angeles... I saw and had a close encounter with a UFO, shaped very similarly to typical flying saucer reports, but it was completely covered with lights.

The experience began while playing outside in our yard, which was kinda like a small junkyard (playground to me at the time), with several broken down cars... as my dad was an independent professional car mechanic and used the cars for spare parts. I was with my little brother, (one year younger than I), just as it was getting dark at the end of the day. At the time my parents were out bowling and we were being 'watched'/babysat by my older sister. At first we saw the craft at a far distance and it was slowly moving across the sky, towards our general direction at an estimated altitude of around 1,500-2,000 feet. As it moved closer on a straight line trajectory, the underside could clearly be seen to be completely covered with hundreds of blinking lights... and it was traveling completely silently, without ever making a sound.

The 'craft' continued on it's straight-line path beyond our location at about the same altitude, and began getting further away. This was by far the most amazing thing I'd ever seen in the sky as a 7 year-old, and I didn't want it to leave... so I had an inspiration to run and get a small chalkboard which we used to practice our ABC's on. I then drew a quick chalk sketch of what the craft looked like... and climbed on top of one of the junk cars with the chalkboard drawing and attempted to signal to the 'ship'. To my amazement and delight the craft stopped it's movement, then began coming back in our direction slowly until it arrived directly overhead... when it then began to slowly descend to an estimated altitude of less than 500 feet.

At that altitude I could clearly see the individual lights covering the whole bottom-side were actually uniformly lit and rectangular-shaped solid light panels, with various shades of color... some light blue, some light green, orange, pink, yellow, turquoise... and they were all blinking on and off at different rates, kind of like an ultimate Christmas light arrangement of some kind. These rectangular (almost perfectly square-shaped) light panels were arranged in rings within rings patterns across almost the whole underside, with very little space between each light panel.

It was then approached by a couple helicopters, and it started gaining altitude and moving back towards the original direction it came from. More jets and helicopters approached and chased after the craft, forming a line of pursuit as they all moved off into the distance.

So that's the basic 'rundown', with the whole experience/encounter lasting around 10 minutes. I would estimate the diameter of the craft to be around 75-100 feet.

What a great story! I was struck by the way it came toward you. It sounds like it was responding to you, for sure.

The other thing I wanted to say is that I've been reading John Keel lately, and from what he says, I was wondering if the helicopters and jets could have been more UFOs, only cloaked ones? Apparently, they do that kind of thing.

[Valley]

Thanks Selkie... Yeah, I was 'struck' too Especially by how it responded and came so close to me (it was probably actually closer than 300 feet, but I didn't want to overestimate).

As far as the helicopters and jets which showed up and chased after it... They were making the normal loud, irritating noises they usually do when they're around, and the 'craft' seemed to not want to be around when they arrived... and took off far ahead of them when it departed. The UFO itself never made a sound.

This event took place right in a heavily populated area, and right next to Los Angeles... so there were plenty of choppers and jets stationed in the area, and they only showed up right at the end of the encounter, giving them just enough time to be scrambled and show up when they did. Also, all the choppers and jets came from inland approaches, while the UFO originally came from and exited out towards the ocean from my location. (I was in the Long Beach area at the time.)

[Deega]

Hey Valley thanks of you sharing this great experience!

[Valley]

Welcome Deega... nice to see ya.

Posted by Deega (here)
Hey Valley thanks of you sharing this great experience!

[Valley]

Here's what the UFO I saw looked like... it had this arrangement of lights, rings within rings of lights... with approximately this many rings and lights. The lights on the ship I saw were almost perfectly square shaped, not round like in these images. Also, the colors were much more randomly distributed than in these images, and with several other colors represented. This was the closest image to what I saw that I've been able to find online and wanted to give you all a visual to give a better idea of what I, and others, witnessed back then.

Has anyone else seen this type of craft before?... or heard of, or know of?