From: Daytripurr@aol.com
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 13:24:47 EST
To: ufosnw@rt66.com
Subject: I saw 2 UFOs in broad daylight in California
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September 25, 1995 at about 8:00 a.m., I saw 2 U.F.O.s. I was driving from San Diego to Yosemite
with a friend for some well deserved R & R. We left San Diego around 5:00 in the morning. My friend
had celebrated her birthday the night before and planned on snoozing in the passenger seat for a few hours while
I drove. It was dark when I pulled onto Interstate 15, a main artery through a land us Southern Californian's
refer to as the "Inland Empire". It was a beautiful morning and I listened to Mozart as my
240 SX cruised uneventfully through Escondido, Temecula, Corona, Norco and northward...up the Cajon Pass.
The Cajon Pass is a marvel of highway engineering and boy you should see the trains!. Cresting the Cajon
summit at 4,257 feet, my passenger was still conked out in the seat beside me but she was slowly coming to.
At the top of the Cajon Pass, I-15 veers eastward toward Victorville, then Barstow and eventually up the gut of
Las Vegas. Although a side trip to Vegas was enticing, I dutifully sought the northerly passage...U.S. Highway
395...which traverses the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, a 400 mile long north to south mountain range. First,
however, it would be necessary to cross a portion of the Mojave desert, a vast expanse of desolate
grandeur.
We were quite a ways north of Edwards Air Force Base, which skirts the western edge of Highway 395
when we saw the U.F.O.s. After the fact, I estimated we were 15 miles south of Johannesburg and 30 to 40
miles south of Ridgecrest in the middle of the desert when the U.F.O.s were spotted. It was my passenger
who saw them first...She was reclined and gazing off to the northwest and the vast expanses of desert and sky.
I was on cruise control at about 85 m.p.h. The highway cut through red rock which was piled as berms
on either side of the road. Although it seemed flat we were gradually climbing. The sun was up and
the sky was blue, with wisps of clouds beginning to form. I was with a professional photographer...all her
stuff was in the trunk...along with my video camera. "Just our luck", we said afterwords. With
a curious voice she asked me, "what is that?" pointing out to the northwestern sky. I looked but
initially did not see what she was talking about. Suddenly I did, there were two small bright white objects
darting about in the distance. I leaned forward and looked up, "they're fucking U.F.O.s." I said.
Travelling at 85 m.p.h., I braked rapidly to 15 m.p.h. Glancing in the rearview mirror I could tell we were
in no danger of being hit since no vehicles were visible as far back as I could see, which was for miles. I
kept my eyes upward as much as I could, watching two luminescent objects approaching. The Chevrolet that
had been 10 or 15 car lengths ahead of me quickly pulled away as I slowed down, oblivious to the white objects
zooming toward us from the northwestern sky.t\\
The 2 objects were triangular in shape, if they had a shape. When they moved, or "darted" is a
more accurate description, the shapes elongated on acceleration with the back end catching up to the front when
they stopped...literally on a dime in the middle of the sky. The speed of these objects was unbelievable.
At the time, I did not think they were manmade and I still don't.
It was strange but I had the distinct impression that whatever was operating these craft, knew we were watching
their flying stunts. They came in closer as if to tease us and we got a closer view. They did not fly
in tandem, it was more like follow the leader. One U.F.O. would lead and the other would chase, like a game
of alien tag.
The objects were pretty much overhead now and I had my face plastered to the windshield looking up, not wanting
to miss a thing. For a split second I thought about pulling to the side of the road but with the pilings
of red rock so close to the highway there was no room. So I proceeded forward at a snail's pace, watching in
silent disbelief, as this glowing white object, perhaps the size of a bus, darted across the sky, left to right,
in a horizontal path the length of a football field, maybe longer. It clearly stretched as it accelerated and then
shrunk when it stopped. Its companion followed, taking the same horizontal line, stopping abruptly in midair,
beside its friend. The leader then took off in a downward 45 degree angle stopping at an apex stage left
and again its identical friend followed. To complete the triangular path, the leader darted upward at
a 45 degree slant to its original starting point and hovered waiting for its companion to complete the course.
And then the oddest thing happened in an odd spectacle. The leader again darted left to right on the
same horizontal path...stopped...and changed its shape from a triangle to a sphere...I could see vapor around the
craft but no windows, no detail, just a luminescent circle in the sky with low clouds now swirling above. For
seconds it hung there like a dazzling earth ornament and then at a tremendous speed it shot upwards parting the
clouds in its wake. Its triangular friend dutifully followed darting to the spot of the sphere but not stopping
and it elongated and blurred as it made a banana turn at incredible speed to continue this game of space tag somewhere
in the heavens above.
To say the least we were excited...perhaps a little fearful of being abducted. We both had cell phones. Who
could we call. I called my dad and she called her mom. I am not sure what they thought about our tale.
At Ridgecrest we stopped to get gas and asked the attendant if she knew anyone who had ever seen a U.F.O.
around here. She said she has heard people say they have but had never seen one herself. By our excited
nature, I am sure she wondered what the hell we had seen when we told her of our sighting. She looked at
me a little sideways and I have since learned it is best not to tell people you have seen a U.F.O., let alone 2
at the same time. I think my friend has learned that too. .