This sighting was in the early 1960s when I was 14 and had not heard of ufos yet, but watched it with friends for about 45 minutes.
When I was 14, I lived in a tiny town in utah and had not heard of ufo's, although this was not my only experience in that town. We lived in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. The cemetery was a high hill in the center of town (still is), and all of us kids liked to meet up (in summer) after the parents were asleep, on this hill to tell scary stories. We slept out in our sleeping bags in various friends yards, all summer...then would head up to the cemetery when the coast was clear.
It was always various numbers of us, never the same. This particular night, about 5 or so of us..can't remember exactly who all was there anymore, were telling stories when one of the kids, pointed to the mountains and said, "what is that"… We looked, it was against the mountains to the east, large, metallic, and saucer shaped, with colored lights flashing off and on in a circular direction.
At first we were afraid and stood up to head for home. One of the boys said, "They already know we are here, so no point in running." We sat back down and continued with our stories. We were not afraid any more, but still occasionally monitored it. Eventually, after about 45 minutes or so, someone noticed it was gone.
We finished our stories and went home. I don't remember any of us ever talking about it again. When I look back on it now...I wonder at how we were so nonchalant about it...and how it was that one of us said..."they know we are here..."
Our ages at that time were about 14 to 16. I was 14 at that time and moved away with my family when I was 16...never saw those kids again.
I have seen other ufos and other phenomenon in other places over the years.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
When I was 14, I lived in a tiny town in utah and had not heard of ufo's, although this was not my only experience in that town. We lived in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. The cemetery was a high hill in the center of town (still is), and all of us kids liked to meet up (in summer) after the parents were asleep, on this hill to tell scary stories. We slept out in our sleeping bags in various friends yards, all summer...then would head up to the cemetery when the coast was clear.
It was always various numbers of us, never the same. This particular night, about 5 or so of us..can't remember exactly who all was there anymore, were telling stories when one of the kids, pointed to the mountains and said, "what is that"… We looked, it was against the mountains to the east, large, metallic, and saucer shaped, with colored lights flashing off and on in a circular direction.
At first we were afraid and stood up to head for home. One of the boys said, "They already know we are here, so no point in running." We sat back down and continued with our stories. We were not afraid any more, but still occasionally monitored it. Eventually, after about 45 minutes or so, someone noticed it was gone.
We finished our stories and went home. I don't remember any of us ever talking about it again. When I look back on it now...I wonder at how we were so nonchalant about it...and how it was that one of us said..."they know we are here..."
Our ages at that time were about 14 to 16. I was 14 at that time and moved away with my family when I was 16...never saw those kids again.
I have seen other ufos and other phenomenon in other places over the years.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD))
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Alpine
USA
45 minutes
45 minutes
40.46
-111.78
disk
UT
Occurred : 6/1/1961 00:00 (Entered as : 1961 0:00) Reported: 3/5/2014 1:21:03 AM 01:21 Posted: 3/18/2014 Location: Alpine, UT Shape: Disk Duration: 45 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
This sighting was in the early 1960s when I was 14 and had not heard of ufos yet, but watched it with friends for about 45 minutes.