Blue Sphere
I and fellow Marine were on guard duty at an armory on Camp Pendleton. The events that transpired that night I have only ever shared with my wife; who the other Marine has shared it with I do not know, but we never spoke of the incident or reported out of fear.
I have been in several combat situations, but this was the most terrifying moment in my life. I reluctantly share it now as I have tried to never think of it after I made it through that night.
We were on duty that night at the main armory for that area of base. We had been on this post quite a lot and had become familiar with the surroundings inside and out. We were locked into the perimeter after the last Marine that worked in the armory left, as we were every night. We had no key for obvious security reasons.
I was the first to see it. It crested a hill approximately eight hundred meters to the east of the armory. I thought it strange but we were on a military base so it could be anything. As the object moved closer I realized that it was something I was unfamiliar with and not another marine or piece of equipment. My gut was that something was very wrong.
At this moment I called the other Marine over to see what he thought. We radioed in to the guard HQ but could not adequately describe whatever it was and they felt it to be no threat so the response team was not sent.
It approached at a slow enough rate of speed that we were coming up with all kinds of explanations from hummers to snipers but as it got to within a hundred yards we realized that we were in trouble. The trip from the top of the hill took approximately eight to ten minutes to this point. We immediately locked and loaded and took defensive positions.
The object was not like anything I have ever seen so to compare it to anything would be pointless but I will do my best to describe it. It was a sphere, a ball of glowing blue light. It was not bright, it did not shine. The best way to describe it is that it was a fluorescent blue ball of light that could move. The glow of the light was slightly more intense in the center, but I would not say that it was the source. It was translucent and I could see no object or anything that would lead me to believe that it was solid in anyway but it had a definite shape. It was positioned about 15 feet above the ground and was about three to four feet in diameter.
I don’t know if it actually got smaller as it approached because it looked larger when it was further out. There was no sound coming from the object. It stopped above the front gate guard shack for a few seconds and then proceeded toward the armory. At this point I almost fired on the object but fear of what it might be and what might happen, and the thought that I was going crazy, made me wait. From my observation I really don’t believe there was anything a bullet could have harmed. Have no doubt that had it come closer to me I would have fired anyway.
The object continued toward the armory until it came to a point above the center and then began to move downward. I could not see the object actually enter the armory as the perimeter fence prevented us from moving back that far, however we knew it was in the armory because the inside of the armory began to glow the same blue color. At this point we tried multiple times to raise someone on the radio but all attempts failed, not due to equipment malfunction, but because the ((deleted)) on the other end fell asleep.
The glow coming out of the window on the front door seemed to get brighter and darker, so I assume it was in motion inside the armory. Three and a half hours after I first saw the object it raised up outside the armory and continued directly upward at a much faster speed than it approached.
We waited for a brief while and decided together not to tell anyone as we wanted to avoid the repercussions that sharing this story with anyone, especially our chain of command, would bring. We did watch in fear as the first armory Marine showed up at 0500 and walked inside, as we had not told him what had happened. Nothing seemed to be out of place or harmed so we kept quiet.
This is the first time I have shared this full story as I have only told my wife that I saw something while guarding an armory that scared the shit out of me. I can only imagine that what ever it was was checking out the weapons inside as there were thousands of them and many different types.
No harm came to me or my fellow Marine.
I AM POSITIVE beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was not gas, a light trick or some kind of light coming from Venus. Believe me when I tell you I wish it was. I was not amazed. I was locked in a very secure fence with something that I did not feel I could protect myself from and I had no idea what it was. I was petrified.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate. PD))
I and fellow Marine were on guard duty at an armory on Camp Pendleton. The events that transpired that night I have only ever shared with my wife; who the other Marine has shared it with I do not know, but we never spoke of the incident or reported out of fear.
I have been in several combat situations, but this was the most terrifying moment in my life. I reluctantly share it now as I have tried to never think of it after I made it through that night.
We were on duty that night at the main armory for that area of base. We had been on this post quite a lot and had become familiar with the surroundings inside and out. We were locked into the perimeter after the last Marine that worked in the armory left, as we were every night. We had no key for obvious security reasons.
I was the first to see it. It crested a hill approximately eight hundred meters to the east of the armory. I thought it strange but we were on a military base so it could be anything. As the object moved closer I realized that it was something I was unfamiliar with and not another marine or piece of equipment. My gut was that something was very wrong.
At this moment I called the other Marine over to see what he thought. We radioed in to the guard HQ but could not adequately describe whatever it was and they felt it to be no threat so the response team was not sent.
It approached at a slow enough rate of speed that we were coming up with all kinds of explanations from hummers to snipers but as it got to within a hundred yards we realized that we were in trouble. The trip from the top of the hill took approximately eight to ten minutes to this point. We immediately locked and loaded and took defensive positions.
The object was not like anything I have ever seen so to compare it to anything would be pointless but I will do my best to describe it. It was a sphere, a ball of glowing blue light. It was not bright, it did not shine. The best way to describe it is that it was a fluorescent blue ball of light that could move. The glow of the light was slightly more intense in the center, but I would not say that it was the source. It was translucent and I could see no object or anything that would lead me to believe that it was solid in anyway but it had a definite shape. It was positioned about 15 feet above the ground and was about three to four feet in diameter.
I don’t know if it actually got smaller as it approached because it looked larger when it was further out. There was no sound coming from the object. It stopped above the front gate guard shack for a few seconds and then proceeded toward the armory. At this point I almost fired on the object but fear of what it might be and what might happen, and the thought that I was going crazy, made me wait. From my observation I really don’t believe there was anything a bullet could have harmed. Have no doubt that had it come closer to me I would have fired anyway.
The object continued toward the armory until it came to a point above the center and then began to move downward. I could not see the object actually enter the armory as the perimeter fence prevented us from moving back that far, however we knew it was in the armory because the inside of the armory began to glow the same blue color. At this point we tried multiple times to raise someone on the radio but all attempts failed, not due to equipment malfunction, but because the ((deleted)) on the other end fell asleep.
The glow coming out of the window on the front door seemed to get brighter and darker, so I assume it was in motion inside the armory. Three and a half hours after I first saw the object it raised up outside the armory and continued directly upward at a much faster speed than it approached.
We waited for a brief while and decided together not to tell anyone as we wanted to avoid the repercussions that sharing this story with anyone, especially our chain of command, would bring. We did watch in fear as the first armory Marine showed up at 0500 and walked inside, as we had not told him what had happened. Nothing seemed to be out of place or harmed so we kept quiet.
This is the first time I have shared this full story as I have only told my wife that I saw something while guarding an armory that scared the shit out of me. I can only imagine that what ever it was was checking out the weapons inside as there were thousands of them and many different types.
No harm came to me or my fellow Marine.
I AM POSITIVE beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was not gas, a light trick or some kind of light coming from Venus. Believe me when I tell you I wish it was. I was not amazed. I was locked in a very secure fence with something that I did not feel I could protect myself from and I had no idea what it was. I was petrified.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate. PD))
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Camp Pendelton
USA
3 1/2 HRS
3 1/2 HRS
sphere
CA
Occurred : 12/10/1998 01:15 (Entered as : 12/10/1998 01:15) Reported: 2/24/2005 9:02:29 PM 21:02 Posted: 5/24/2005 Location: Camp Pendelton, CA Shape: Sphere Duration: 3 1/2 HRS Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, The object landed
Blue Sphere