We lived in the countryside of Clovis at the time of this UFO sighting. Back then it was acres of  land, and forests of orange trees. I was around 13-14 years old, now I’m 26. I never thought in my life I would get the chance to see what I saw that night. I have seen UFOs on TV and books, but never believed in them. I was like everyone else, always thought it was fake. But I never imagined this close encounter, and that night is still in my mind to this day. I told family members but they don’t believe me. I don’t really care if they don’t because I know what I saw. I’m happy that it was me. If I could go back in time to that night, I would have woken up somebody, like my mom, and maybe… just maybe… people would believe me. It happened like this…

I don’t remember the exact day or year, but I think it was June of 1996. I remember it was a warm night around 2am. The first thing that I heard was a loud noise  (like a earthquake) with a high pitch. I thought it was an earthquake, because it did the same effect like in the movies: pictures on the wall were moving and the floor was shaking. But something was different about this. Suddenly it stopped. I felt like somehow, something in my head told me that there was something over the house. The sounds lasted about a minute, so I got up and started my way to the bathroom which was about 8 feet from around the comer. While in the bathroom, I heard a scratching sound coming from outside the bathroom window.

That caught my attention so, I looked up and there it was!  There was a tree about 3 stories high, and a disc shaped UFO had scratched the bottom of the ship, to the tip of the tree branches. The UFO had a light at the top, and several lights on the side. There were no sounds (nothing period) coming from it.  The thing was floating in mid air and moving at 1-3 mph. What was special about this was that it was searching for something.  I don’t know what, but I know it was searching for something because there was an extra light on the bottom of the ship and it was moving.  As the light on the bottom was moving, I noticed that there was spot light on the ground as big as the UFO. When the light on the bottom of the ship was moving,  the spot light on the ground was moving also. It seemed like it was trying to find something on the ground. So I know that it was searching, and not just flying by.

There was no light beam coming from the UFO, at all. I remember this for sure, as it was the most amazing thing I ever saw in my life.  This UFO was big.  The thing that shocks me the most was that there was no sound coming from it as it was moving away. I watched it fly away and I asked myself,  if this could be real… did I just see a UFO? I have seen sightings of  UFOs on TV,  and some are close to what I saw that night, but the lights are different in a way that I don’t think they are real. You can see the lights on the side of the ship. If I would have walked out that night, who knows that would have happened. I know they’re out there. This might sounds crazy, but I know what I saw. And if one day humans can read memory, I would gladly be the first to test the machine out and then people would believe me. Well, that’s my encounter with the UFO. Thanks for reading and I hope to see one more before I die. I’m sorry to all who do not believe… but to those who have seen one, it’s a life changing moment you will never forget.

Submitted by: Presamulde