September 1st Fairfield Sighting - Eyewitness Account Recital From John
This is a summary of John's description and accounting, as related to me by him personally on 9-20, of a sighting he witnessed at aprox. 9:30 P.M. on 9-1.
John was traveling north on highway 113, off of highway 12, heading toward Vacaville. It was a clear evening and there was no other traffic on the road. This is a rural area on the outskirts of the city, and is relatively un-travelled in the evening hours. As he was approaching Vacaville, close by Hay Rd., he noticed a craft flying east toward Sacramento, out his left driver's side window. Eventually the craft crossed in front of him. He estimated the craft was aprox. 1/4 mile if front of him and under 1000' elevation in the sky.
His first thought was it was a C-5 as it was traveling pretty slow, however as it passed in front of his car he noticed a trail, or something, coming off of this object he referred to as 'stardust', as the tail of a comet may look. At first he thought it must be coming off the exhaust, which he realized was extremely odd. In trying to gain a better view he almost drove off the road so he stopped and rolled down his passenger window and looked out.
Though he was running late he realized that he was viewing something extraordinary, so he shut off his engine and took a minute to view the spectacle. He describes the craft as definitely bigger then a C-5 and totally silent with no sound of jet exhaust. He was adamant that it was not a C-5 as he was well familiar with the Galaxy transport aircraft, and had reported and flown in them before. In his mind this was something that was 'extremely weird' that he might never see again.
In comparing it to a C-5 that might be flying in the same space he stated that the object was aprox. 3-4 times larger. When I asked for more details regarding tail, or trail, of the 'stardust' he had referenced, he humorously stated that part of the problem was he shouldn't have read the story, because he felt his mind was contaminated by it. I found his awareness of this factor intriguing though, as it was clear his recollection was kept in check by it.
He stated that the tail was a light colored, or a star color, and that it didn't just come out of what he might of considered to be the exhaust, but came off the entire surface object and quite a ways back, longer then the actual object. He stated it was like a trail or something. He described the trail having a luminescent sparkling effect which just randomly dissipated off behind the object. He compared it to sparks coming off a campfire at night and disappearing into sky. However he did not get the impression it was a flame.
When asked about any discernible geometric shape or solidity he stated it was a very dark night, and that if not for this erie trail which followed it, it might have gone unnoticed. He stated it was almost as if you could see through parts of it. He described it as having a ghost type effect.. That you could see the outline of it, but it was hard to tell where the object ended and space began. He speculated that this was due to the tails erie effect however. He mentioned having the distinct impression there was definitely a controlled solid object.
No lights were noticed on the craft itself, and the only lighting effect was in the sparkling luminescence of the trail behind it.
Overall he mentioned that the object was unusual enough for him to stop and turn off his engine to view it. He stated hat in itself was unusual for him to do because he is a reporter always under pressure and a deadline. Because of this he really didn't want to stop but he thought "I've got to see this thing, I just can't believe it." He mentioned after viewing it for around a minute or so it sort of disappeared, not that it was going fast or anything, just that he didn't think the light wasn't reaching it anymore. His feeling was that it didn't literally disappear, but kind of dissipated, like an object going off into a fog or something.
Before it totally disappeared he saw at least 1 and possibly 2 incoming 'meteor' trails right above it, which had a duration of a second or less. He stated that if these events were totally separated that he would have considered these to just be 'shooting stars'. However it was odd because the object disappeared within 2-3 seconds after this occurred. The object was last seen heading toward Sacramento.
When he got back to the office he told his associates at the newspaper about it. He got a skeptical non-believing reaction in return with humorous comments that he must have had to much to drink or something. He further stated if he hadn't of read the story, nothing else would have been mentioned about it to anybody.
His overall feel for the sighting was that it didn't raise any level of fear in him. In fact he noticed it gave him a peaceful feeling, like getting carried away in a dream or something. His viewpoint was it was a UFO. The question for him was it from the Earth or another place. He speculated that it was totally within the realm of possibility that our government could have something like this, that they wouldn't necessarily reveal. He stated he was firm enough in what he saw that he would testify in a court of law if he had to.
FOLLOW UP INTERVIEW - Follow up interview was conducted a week later to correlate any other relevant memories and thoughts, that may have been brought about by the first interview.
SUMMARY
The glitter or 'star dust' stuff that was coming off the object in a trail was what stood out the most and stuck in his mind. It seemed that this glitter was more predominant near where an exhaust would be speculated to exist, at the rear of the object, though it was trailing off the entire object. He stated his mind could have been playing tricks on this however, because that would be his expectation of an Earth object. The object was appeared to be flying relatively low and was observed at about 45 degrees from the horizon. He speculated the craft at its closest
point was less then 1/2 mile away. It speed was comparable to that of a C-5 in how it was 'lumbering' along, perhaps 300 miles per hour. The object was considerably larger then a C-5, and was irregular in shape. He described the object definitely not being a C-5 because no wings could be observed. As it was clear the object did have a surface mass he described it as a triangle or perhaps a 'flying wing'.
He remembered a peaceful feeling coming over him as he viewed this object. He had no fear at all. He speculated this might have been due to its traveling in utter silence with this luminescent, sparkling, 'stardust' trailing behind. He compared it to Walt Disney's animated fairy godmother whom waves the magic wand with trailing 'stardust' coming off of it.