The ground and rocks were vibrating in such a way that, laying on the ground in my tent, my whole body began to tingle. The humming seemed to emit from the rocks and ground. In the morning, my friend reported that he, too, didn’t sleep because of the humming and vibration.

The previous evening, we were sitting on a rocky spine above our camp watching the clouds over the Trinity Alps. There was no vegetation, and there had been no sign of birds or animals since 10,000 feet. Suddenly, what looked like a shiny, smooth, metallic ovoid about the size of the palm of one’s hand flew from one side of the spine, directly between my friend and I, then dropped over the other side and disappeared. It moved very fast, made no sound, had no visible wings (or made any apparent “flapping” noise or motion), and appeared to have two, inch-long “antennae” protruding from its “head area”.

Mystery #2: Another Metal “Bird”

Again, in Northern California, west of Redding along the Trinity River. I had stopped to eat lunch and go for a swim in the river on my way to the coast. I was sitting on the hood of my car within ten yards of the river eating a sandwich when I noticed something flying upstream about five feet above the water. As it approached around a bend, I initially thought it was a large bird. Then it passed directly in front of me and I saw a four- to six-foot-long shiny, smooth, metal cylinder about five inches in diameter. It seemed to be propelled by some sort of spinning (but blurred) blades that ran the length of the object. It maintained an exact height above the water, turned smoothly around the next bend without making a sound, and disappeared. It was traveling about 5 to 10 miles per hour.

Mystery #3: Strange Light

Driving through western South Dakota on I-90 late one July night. There was very little traffic, clear sky, and no moonlight. Suddenly, a very large, bright and “flaring” orange-red light appeared in the sky above me just to the south, at approximately 2000 – 5000 feet in the air. It was very bright, large and noticeable. It stayed in that position for about five seconds, then suddenly accelerated extremely rapidly, in a perfectly straight line, to the west. From a position almost directly above me , it had reached the horizon and was gone in about two seconds. It seemed to be traveling thousands of miles per hour. My initial thought, after the goosebumps went away, was that whatever it was, it was hovering and then fired up it’s “engines” just before zooming away.

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