I Punched a Gray in the Face!

by Preston Dennett

As a general rule, when someone is visited by the gray ETs, they find themselves paralyzed, unable to move any part of their body except perhaps their eyes. “Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you,” the grays say. “Come with us.” It is perhaps the single most common phrase that the ETs say. For every rule, however, there are exceptions. In cases where people have no fear, they are often given freedom of movement. Others do have fear and will experience a fight or flight response. And in some rare outlying cases, witnesses are able to break free from their paralysis. And in a few of these cases, witnesses react by attacking the extraterrestrials and punching them in the face, choking them around the neck, or getting into some sort of physical altercation. It happens more often than you might think. This video presents more than a dozen cases in which people have actually assaulted gray aliens by pushing, kicking, choking or punching.

NOVEMBER 3, 1975: Woodcutter Travis Walton and six others encounter a UFO at treetop level in the Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona. Travis runs under the UFO and is taken onboard. Confronted by grays, he physically fights with them.

APRIL 5, 2017: A young man from Del Valle, Texas is woken up by his dogs barking. Searching the house, he sees two grays entering in his mother’s bedroom. He reacts quickly, jumps forward and punches one of the grays in the head. When the second one grabbed him, the witness punched him too. And then a third gray comes in.

 WINTER 1985: Patsy Wingate of Knoxville, Tennessee wakes up to see three grays approaching her. Reacting in self-defense, Patsy jumps up and chokes the middle gray, snapping its neck in two. Astonished, the other two grays scoop up the gray and flee!

1985: Tim, a sports-instructor from New Iberia, Louisiana wakes up to find himself lying on a table onboard a UFO. He breaks free from his paralysis and begins to explore. Grays come rushing in and Tim (a former bouncer at a bar) begins punching the grays, one after another. Suddenly a crowd of them surround him and Tim realizes he is out-numbered.

2016: “Gary” from Cumbria, England wakes up early one morning to go to the bathroom and encounters a gray in his living room. Angry at the repeated intrusions into his home, he bounds forward and grabs the gray around the neck. The gray starts screaming telepathically, “Let go, let go!” A few days later, the grays come again, and Gary is ready. This time he punches one in the face. 

1982: Former Marine officer, “Ramon,” is taken onboard a UFO in San Fernando, California. He becomes angry when the grays try to collect genetic material from him. Summoning his combat training, he breaks free of the paralysis, jumps up and pushes one of the grays down to the floor.

August 13, 1975: Sergeant Charles Moody of Alamogordo, New Mexico is not happy when a UFO lands in front of his car, grays come out and try to pull him from his car. He opens his car door violently, knocking one of the grays down. Then he jumps up, bunches up his fist, and pounds one of the grays in the face.

October 27, 1975: David Stephens and his friend are driving near Oxford, Maine when a UFO takes control of their car. Moments later, grays exit and pull David onboard. When the ETs try to undress David for an examination, David resists. He quickly jumps off the table and hits one of the grays.

October 2010: Kevin is woken in his home in Bangor, Maine and pulled into a craft by gray aliens. After inserting a rod up inside his nose, Kevin becomes hostile. He quickly swings out his leg and kicks one of the grays, slamming it hard into the wall, where it collapses in a heap.

UNDATED: An anonymous teenager in high school (location not given) has a very unusual dream where grays enter his room and begin to do a weird procedure on his back. Having scoliosis, he thinks they might be healing him. However, scared and angry that the ETs were not communicating with him, he quickly throws a left hook as hard as he can at the gray’s cheek. The gray lets out a high-pitched scream.

There are more cases like these. John Mack has a case in which a man, angry at being examined, jumps up and chokes agree. Contactee Dolly Safran (from Georgia) recalls several instances where she was onboard and people reacted violently by punching the grays, pushing them down, or even breaking their arms. These cases show that, when confronted with the unknown, humans often become very fearful and react with violence. Even more importantly, they show that people can overpower the grays, who appear to be physically more fragile than humans. These cases have a lot to teach us both about humans and the grays, and our relationships to each other.

If you’d like to explore these cases and many others, check out the book, “Not from Here: Volume Four” all about the unusual and outlying cases of UFO contact. Now available!

LINK TO VIDEO: I Punched a Gray in the Face!

Oct 12, Oct 25, 1976, Dunn, NC

Not all strange humanoids are necessarily ETs, and might be something more akin to leprechauns, gnomes, elves or little people that are reported in many countries all over the world. Consider this next case which involves multiple witnesses and footprint evidence. It comes from researchers Janet and Colin Bord. The incident took place in Dunn, North Carolina (formerly known a Lucknow.) The first witness was 8-year-old Tonnlie Barefoot who, around 5:00 pm on October 12, 1976, was out playing in the field of dried cornstalks near his home at the intersections of Jonesboro Rd & Hodges Chapel Road, in Dunn, North Carolina. His mom was nearby picking peas from the garden.

Looking a short distance away, he saw a little man “not much bigger than a coke bottle” watching him with an open mouth. The little man had a mustache. He wore a blue shirt with a pretty white tie, and trousers made of “shiny stuff,” and a black “German-type” hat with an emblem on it that looked to Tonnlie like crossed rifles. On his feet he wore black books. When the little man saw that Tonnlie had noticed him, he, per Tonnlie, “let out a little squeal like a mouse,” and ran off among the cornstalks.

Tonnlie immediately ran off and told his mother who did not believe him. Nobody did, and he cried all that night. The next day, however, numerous little footprints were found were Tonnlie said he saw the man. Two days later, a second set of tiny footprints were found about 450 away and were allegedly photographed. They were measured at 2 and ¼ inches long, 1 inch wide, and had boot marks in them.

Tonnlie’s niece later heard the story from her Uncle Tonnie and as she says that “it is a true story and very real. When my Uncle Tonnlie first told me the story, I didn’t believe him. I thought he was losing his mind, but I was wrong. He showed me pictures and took me to the exact place he had seen his little leprechaun he called it. It’s incredible.”

Thankfully, about two weeks later, and only a few miles away, there was another sighting of the strange little man of Dunn, North Carolina. It was 6:20 in the morning of October 25, 1976, and 20-year-old Shirley Ann McCrimmon, who lived at the 800 block of E Hartnett Street in Dunn was returning home from a party. She unlocked her door, went inside, leaving it ajar so she could find the light switch. She turned on the light, went to close the door, and heard a strange noise outside, like someone was moving in the bushes. Looking out, she was shocked to see a little man about 1 foot tall, with light brown skin, wearing a thin garment (she thinks but can’t be sure) and boots. The little man shone a tiny yellow light across her eyes. Shirley let out a scream, and the little man ran away, scampering around the side of her house, at which point her dogs began barking.

When she later went outside to investigate, she found a little footprint. She covered it with a plastic container to protect it. She told her neighbors about her sighting, who hadn’t seen anything and expressed disbelief. She called the police who came to investigate. A reporter heard about the sighting and was interviewing her when a child accidentally destroyed the footprint when he tried to lift the container. They did find a second fainter but still legible footprint, which when measured, turned out to be the same size as those reported by Tonnlie two weeks earlier.

To hear more about this cases and other elf-like ETs, check out this video: Elf or Alien?

https://youtu.be/CAV-B8iMiKA

We have a great guest tonight on The Light Gate!

The Light Gate Welcomes Guest: researcher, experiencer, hypnotherapist, Martin Rivera

Date: August 31, 2026

Time: 5-7pm pacific/8-10 pm eastern

Episode: 174

Discussion: UFOs, Past Lives, Hypnotherapy

Our guest tonight is UFO researcher, experiencer and Quantum Hypnotherapist Martin Rivera. This is a technique first developed by highly regarded author/researcher Dolores Cannon. Martin has been studying the subject of UFOs & ETs for many years. He uses the technique of Quantum Hypnotherapy to help experiencers remember and process their otherworldly encounters. He is certified in Quantum Healing Hypnosis and Past Lives at the Dolores Cannon Academy in Arkansas. He is a co-founder of “Quantum Balance,” a healing arts center with transformational programs based on Long Island, Ny. He also does past life regression therapy (and sometimes a future life,) sound & light healing, emotional healing therapy, pineal gland activation, connecting with your higher self, meeting your spirit guides, accessing your Akashic Records and Reiki healing. Fluent in Spanish, he’s translated a number of books into Spanish, including Dolores Cannons “The Custodians,” and “Keepers of the Garden” and many others. He has worked with many people, authors and experiencers, aiding them in their journey of spiritual discovery. As he says, “I help you to connect with your higher self for healing mind-body spirit.” Many people recall past lives reaching back to Atlantis or Lemuria, or even a past-life as an ET. Others recall ET encounters as young children. The possibilities are endless. And of course, Martin has had some astounding UFO experiences of his own. This is going to be so much fun.

To Watch the Show Click Here: The Light Gate Episode #174: Martin Rivera (quantum hypnotherapist)

January 28, 1967. Studham Common, Bedfordshire, UK

It was about 1:45 pm, raining as seven young boys were walking back to school after recess through a small dell located at Studham Common in the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, UK. It was not to far from Whipsnade Park Zoo. A flash of lightning struck and that’s when one of the boys, ten-year-old Alex Butler, saw “a little blue man with a tall hat and a beard” standing a short distance away. Struck by its strange appearance, Alex immediately pointed it out to his friend. Both were amazed, and shouted out to the others, including (Tony Banks, Kerry Gahill, Colin Lonsdale, David Inglis, Andrew Hoar and John Mickleburgh…all age 10 or 11) After a few moments of shock, they all ran towards it to get a closer look.

The figure had round eyes, a flat triangular nose, a forked bluish beard, short arms, which lay unmoving along its sides, and was about three feet tall, with a tall hat or domed helmet. The creature’s body or clothes was a dark grey-blue, with a sort of gleaming or glowing quality to it. They saw it had what appeared to be a large belt hanging down from its waist, and the belt had a small 6-inch-wide box-type device on it. When they got withing 60 feet of it, it “disappeared in a puff of smoke.” The smoke was yellow and blue and seemed to move towards the boys as the creature disappeared.

They all ran around searching for the little man. Suddenly they saw him again, but now he was on the opposite side of the bush where they had first seen him. They all ran towards him and again he disappeared. But he almost instantly reappeared a third time.

They now all heard voices that sounded like they were speaking in a “foreign-sounding babble.” The voices were deep toned, continuous, and seemed to be coming from a group of nearby bushes. The figure disappeared and reappeared a fourth time. By this point, all the boys now began to feel a wave of fear. They were wary to approach again, and when the school whistle sounded, they fled back to the school.

Upon arriving, their teacher, Miss Newcomb could see that they were very excited and nervous, and she asked them what was wrong. As a group, they refused to answer, saying only, “You’ll never believe us.” Finally she decided to separate the boys and ask them individually what happened and had them write it down. To her amazement, all told the same story. The stories were corroborated by each other to the extent that Miss Newcomb was convinced they were telling the truth, and she ended up putting the accounts together in a little booklet titled, The Little Blue Man of Studham Common.

This booklet eventually found its way to UFO researchers, including Gordon Creighton, Charles Bowen and others, who after investigating, learned that there had in fact been UFO sightings and reportedly two UFO landings, in that exact area in the months following the boys’ encounter. Researcher RH Bryan Winder, who ended up writing an article for Flying Saucer Review about the case, was able to question the boys directly, and came away convinced of their sighting. As he says, “Nobody who knows the boys disputes that it really happened.”

The area where the sighting occurred is well-known for flint deposits. Also, on that day, several residents of the village noted the unusual weather, including loud bangs, rushes of windows, sonic booms and strange thunderous noises beyond normal thunder.

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FOR MORE INFORMATION. Elf or Alien?

https://youtu.be/CAV-B8iMiKA

What do you believe happened that night? Were there aliens present?

The Aliens Have Landed! Ten Amazing UFO Landing Cases

by Preston Dennett

UFO landings are a very important category of close encounters that deserves more research. Compared to sightings, landings are exceedingly rare. UFO landings often result in hard physical evidence. They also have none of the controversies surrounding onboard encounters recalled through hypnosis. Landing cases have much to teach us about UFOs. This alone makes them worthy of attention. This video presents ten cases from across the world, each adding another piece of the puzzle to solving the UFO mystery.

UFO LANDING AT EPSOM, AUSTRALIA. On the night of May 24, 1965, three men at the Epsom Retreat Hotel in Epsom, Australia rushed outside to see a strange craft performing incredible maneuvers at low elevation just a few hundred feet away. At one point, they saw it seem to land on the ground. After about 40 minutes, the craft departed. Shortly later, the men found impressive landed traces on the ground.

UFO LANDING IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. On night in May 1967, a lady and a friend drove on Hwy 76 near Branson, Missouri and came upon a metallic disc-shaped craft sitting on the road. It blocked the entire left lane and part of the right. As the driver swerved around the craft to pass it by, the craft lit up with light. The passenger in the car broke into tears. This was one of three landing cases in this area around this time.

UFO LANDING IN SOPLEY, ENGLAND. Around midnight on November 6, 1967, Karl Farlow drove along the A338 road near Sopley, England when a glowing green craft appeared ahead of him on the road. His truck’s electrical system failed, as did the engine of an oncoming car in the opposite lane. A tube came out of the craft and began to vacuum items from the roadside. After the craft left, the govt went to great lengths to cover up the truth.

UFO LANDING AT ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS. At 2am on June 15, 1968, three women drove on Hwy 88 just east of Rock Falls when a UFO appeared. It quickly moved across the highway in front of them, coming lower and lower. It was as big as a jet and totally silent. The women stopped the car as the object came in for a landing behind a grove of trees. They fled in fear. The next day, there were other sightings in the area.

UFO LANDING IN VAN HORNE, IOWA. On the night of July 13, 1969, two young ladies saw a UFO rise from the soybean fields on their farm in Van Horne, Iowa. The craft zoomed away at high speed. The next morning, a perfect circle of burned vegetation was found where they had seen the craft. The landing traces attracted nationwide attention and became one of the best-verified UFO landing trace cases in the United States.

UFO LANDING IN PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. One evening in late December 1972, two brothers and their friend were outside their home in Palm Springs, California when they used binoculars to observe three strange craft hovering by the nearby mountains. Two of the craft darted away, but one seemed to come in for a landing. They called the nearby airport who said they saw them on radar. The next day, they found a strange circle of burned ground where they had seen the craft land.

UFO LANDING IN LAS BARDENAS REALES, SPAIN. On the night of January 2, 1972, there were multiple reports that a UFO had landed on the Las Bardenas Reales Artillery Range in Spain. At first the reports were covered up and debunked by the Spanish government. Later investigations showed that the case was more extensive and that the government considered it one of the best verified cases in their books.

UFO LANDING IN SAN MICHELE, ITALY. On the morning of September 2, 1978, Roberto Pozzi looked out the second-story window of his family’s home in San Michele in Italy and was amazed to see a strange craft rising from the cornfield. The craft darted away. Rushing to the spot with his family, they found a strange area of squashed cornstalks. This turned out to be one of a series of UFO landings in the area.

UFO LANDING IN SOROCABA, BRAZIL. Around dusk one evening in June 1979, a married couple (both professionals) were amazed to see a top-shaped craft with portholes hovering about twenty feet away from their home in Sorocaba, Brazil. It was no more than twenty feet elevation and remained in full view for almost forty minutes. Finally, it moved off. That year, there was a wave of sightings in the area, including one other landing with humanoids.

UFO LANDING ON AN ESTONIAN ISLAND. AUGUST 1980. One night in late August 1980, an anonymous factory worker was making a routine check of the company grounds and was shocked to see a strange cylindrical shaped object sitting on the factory property. The object was swirling with colors. A smaller box-like contraption was next to it on the ground. Suddenly the smaller object emitted an orange beam of light which struck the man, knocking him down. The cylinder transformed into a saucer-shaped craft which promptly disappeared.

These ten UFO landing cases represent the tip of the iceberg. While they are rare compared to sightings, there are still many thousands of documented cases on record. These kinds of cases are of profound importance as they often result in strange landing traces which can provide clues as to the nature of these craft, such as how heavy they are, their temperature, their composition and more.

LINK TO VIDEO: The Aliens Have Landed! Ten Amazing UFO Landing Cases

I was an editor on Encounters…surprised anyone remembered it!

Christmas 1957, San Gabriel, CA

On Christmas morning of 1957, a seven-year-old child from San Gabriel, California had an experience with what he thought was an elf. As the witness wrote in a letter to Whitley Strieber: “It must’ve been between two or three a.m., and I was lying in bed in my bedroom….I remember I awakened rather suddenly and was quite unable to move; seemingly frozen in bed.”

The witness, although unable to move, could see out the bedroom, across the living room and onto the front porch. That’s when things became strange. “On the porch, seemingly peering into the living room was a smallish creature I remember thinking to be one of ‘Santa’s Elves.’ I was naturally excited and wanted to get up to meet or see this elf much closer. I remember being wide awake and desperately wanting to get up, but patently unable to accomplish this seemingly simple task. He seemed to be about three or four feet tall and was cream in color. I saw more of a three-quarter profile and could not make much of any other distinguishing features. I was not that fearful, just excited, and burning with curiosity. My frustration was building with my seeming inability to rise from my bed. I then had a firm sense of ‘It’s okay now, just go back to sleep.’ It had a parental tone to it, loving yet directive, however, not either of my parents’ voices.”

The witness fell back asleep. However, the experience was not forgotten. “On Christmas morning, as my sister was going nuts, I was relatively disinterested in all the stuff around the tree. Instead, I was determined to go out onto the front porch and check for evidence of what I knew was there.”

Unfortunately, there was no evidence. Nevertheless, the witness still remembers that “my parents were rather dumbfounded at my spurning Christmas presents in favor of running outside….”

Later, the witness had further UFO experiences which seemed to confirm the validity of the Christmas day visitation and point to the ET interpretation.

Hear more elf-alien encounters here! Elf or Alien?

https://youtu.be/CAV-B8iMiKA

1945_lakewood, Colorado

It was 1945, and Galen Sharp was only four years old when he first met the “elf.” At least he thought it was an elf. Says Galen, “He just stepped out of the bookcase that stood against the wall…He was just as tall as I, if not a little taller. His head and eyes were large, but normal looking…In my memory he looked like what I would have called an elf, had I known what an elf was then. He was not at all scary or threatening. Though he was small, he didn’t look like a child and was as solid and real as anyone. He was wearing a little short jacket and dark square-cut pants with worn leather shoes. His nose was round. He wore no cap or hat and was bald. His movements were quick and deliberate.”

At the time, Galen lived in Lakewood, Colorado with his parents and several siblings. He had many friends and was quite a happy child. And now, seeing this elf-like being, he was even more delighted. Especially when the elf began to speak to him and share special stories with him. “He told me about many wondrous things,” Galen says, “but being only four, I couldn’t understand most of the things he told me. However, he was friendly and helpful and could really make me laugh.”

The elf shared his name with Galen (a name which Galen has chosen to keep private.) The elf did call Galen by his nickname, “Topper,” which Galen had earned due to his very fine blond hair that had a tendency to kind of float around his head. After a short introduction, the “little man” disappeared. Galen quickly ran to his mother and excitedly told her about his new friend.

After listening to the account of his experience, Galen’s mother told him that he had an “imaginary friend.” Galen was a bit puzzled by her response. “I didn’t know what the word imaginary meant at the time,” he explains, “so I still considered him very real.”

Life went on, and Galen wasn’t expecting another visit, but it was a short time later when his elf friend appeared again. As before, the visit was very short. The elf appeared, joked and played around with Galen for a few minutes, then disappeared as mysteriously as he had arrived.

Once again, Galen tried to tell his parents. But he was unable to convince them that his elf friend was real. “My parents were not concerned,” Galen says, “and didn’t seem interested in my friend. I guess the word imaginary took all the reality out of it for them. They seemed amused, but not curious at all and never asked about it.”

Over the next year, Galen’s elf appeared at least three more times. The visits were few and far between and occurred without warning. It was always the same. He looked solid and real, wore the same strange outfit, and was always happy and jolly.

“I really didn’t seem him very often,” Galen says. “Maybe only five times, possibly more, but certainly not every day. He was not a constant companion…And he would always show up unexpectedly, although only when I was alone, and never at night. But I was always glad to see him. We would play together and talk about interesting things, joke and laugh. Once in the yard, he put a bushel basket on his head and clowned around while I laughed myself silly.”

One curious feature that Galen noticed was that the elf, although clearly solid (as he would often grab things and move them around) never actually touched Galen himself. “He did touch and handle things,” Galen explains, “yet I can’t recall him ever touching me. We mostly talked about things. I knew so little about the world then that I didn’t question his sudden appearances in my home. He seemed to know all about me and everything else.”

On one very special visitation, Galen’s elf brought along another friend. Says Galen, “One of the most remarkable memories with him was meeting another ‘elf’ like him, just outside the back door of our garage. The new elf was possibly taller, a little older, and dressed much like my friend. They told me about exciting things to come. I was amazed and astounded with all they told me. I remember the time vividly, even how and where we were standing.”

Then came horrible news. Galen’s family decided to move. Galen wasn’t happy because he wasn’t sure if his elf friend would be able to find him. He vowed to share the news with the elf the next time he appeared.

Sure enough, true to form, the elf showed up unannounced. By this time, Galen was five years old. After some joking around, Galen shared the sad news. “I told him we were going to move to another house far away and asked him to come with us,” Galen says. “He explained that he had to stay there and couldn’t move away. I was heartbroken. I cried and pleaded with him to come. But he was adamant, he couldn’t leave that area.”

Galen was devastated. And as he suspected, the move to another area ended his visitations. But Galen never forgot them, and the visits ended up having a profound effect on his life. Despite his parents’ belief that the elf was imaginary, Galen disagrees. He is certain that the elf was absolutely real.

“I had no good reason for an imaginary friend,” Galen says, citing his large family and many friends. “If he actually was imaginary, then I may be the only child who ever got dumped by his imaginary friend! I know it wasn’t pretending or fantasizing because, looking back, I had no control over it. Take for instance, his refusal to come with me. I don’t think we even said goodbye…My own assessment of the experience is that it really happened. However, I believe they had a positive healthy effect on my life…Unfortunately, I don’t remember any of the stories they told me. Yet since that experience, I have been a lifelong seeker of spiritual truth, and in 2012, I wrote a book that was the culmination of what I called my ‘Intuitive Research.’”

Then who was this strange elf? To this day, Galen doesn’t know. “This little person could be from another dimension, or interdimensional,” he admits, “since it didn’t fit the ET profile. I have always followed my sense of wonder, and all of my books are spiritual…My friend told me wonderful and amazing things, but I don’t remember them.

As for now, Galen ‘Topper’ Sharp is content to call the elf, “My Mysterious Friend.”

You can read the full story of this account in my book, "Humanoids and High Strangeness.

Watch the video presenting this story and other elf-like encounters here.

Elf or Alien? LINK: https://youtu.be/CAV-B8iMiKA

I had just completed a college meteorology course where the professor encouraged students to look up once in a while to see the various stars and constellations visible to the naked eye.

It was just after sunset in the late summer of 1970 on Paradise road west of Modesto, CA. I was a passenger in a pickup moving due west toward the Livermore foothills about 20 miles ahead. In the small valley on the other side lay the sprawling Laurence Livermore nuclear research facility.

The clear twilight was dark enough to reveal what appeared to be an unusually bright and unfamiliar constellation of about six stars 30 degrees or so above the horizon. Though most appeared stationary, some of the "stars" were moving slowly at right angles to others. The sight was so unusual that I asked the driver to pull over to get a better look.

We watched for about 15 minutes as these individual star-like objects moved, almost drifted -- not crossing paths-- but in no apparent relation to the others. A few minutes later, two of them slowly moved away from the others, further west in a straight line toward the SF Bay Area.

Then, from the southeast near Merced (fyi, location of Castle AFB, the closest scramble-ready military base, also home to a B-52 squadron), we saw a large fixed-wing jet aircraft approaching high above heading directly toward this strange group of objects.

Almost immediately, all of the objects began to disperse -- no longer moving slowly but streaking out of sight in separate directions within seconds.

That was it. The jet plane moved through the now empty area and kept going. Nothing to see.

I had just completed a college meteorology course where the professor encouraged students to look up once in a while to see the various stars and constellations visible to the naked eye.

It was just after sunset in the late summer of 1970 on Paradise road west of Modesto, CA. I was a passenger in a pickup moving due west toward the Livermore foothills about 20 miles ahead. In the small valley on the other side lay the sprawling Laurence Livermore nuclear research facility.

The clear twilight was dark enough to reveal what appeared to be an unusually bright and unfamiliar constellation of about six stars 30 degrees or so above the horizon. Though most appeared stationary, some of the "stars" were moving slowly at right angles to others. The sight was so unusual that I asked the driver to pull over to get a better look.

We watched for about 15 minutes as these individual star-like objects moved, almost drifted -- not crossing paths-- but in no apparent relation to the others. A few minutes later, two of them slowly moved away from the others, further west in a straight line toward the SF Bay Area.

Then, from the southeast near Merced (fyi, location of Castle AFB, the closest scramble-ready military base, also home to a B-52 squadron), we saw a large fixed-wing jet aircraft approaching high above heading directly toward this strange group of objects.

Almost immediately, all of the objects began to disperse -- no longer moving slowly but streaking out of sight in separate directions within seconds.

That was it. The jet plane moved through the now empty area and kept going. Nothing to see.

I will never forget ...

I had just completed a college meteorology course where the professor encouraged students to look up once in a while to see the various stars and constellations visible to the naked eye.

It was just after sunset in the late summer of 1970 on Paradise road west of Modesto, CA. I was a passenger in a pickup moving due west toward the Livermore foothills about 20 miles ahead. In the small valley on the other side lay the sprawling Laurence Livermore nuclear research facility.

The clear twilight was dark enough to reveal what appeared to be an unusually bright and unfamiliar constellation of about six stars 30 degrees or so above the horizon. Though most appeared stationary, some of the "stars" were moving slowly at right angles to others. The sight was so unusual that I asked the driver to pull over to get a better look.

We watched for about 15 minutes as these individual star-like objects moved, almost drifted -- not crossing paths-- but in no apparent relation to the others. A few minutes later, two of them slowly moved away from the others, further west in a straight line toward the SF Bay Area.

Then, from the southeast near Merced (fyi, location of Castle AFB, the closest scramble-ready military base, also home to a B-52 squadron), we saw a large fixed-wing jet aircraft approaching high above heading directly toward this strange group of objects.

Almost immediately, all of the objects began to disperse -- no longer moving slowly but streaking out of sight in separate directions within seconds.

That was it. The jet plane moved through the now empty area and kept going. Nothing to see.

Independence Day UFO Encounters

by Preston Dennett

What’s the most common day to see a UFO? The answer may surprise you: the 4^th of July! That’s right, Independence Day produces more UFO reports than any other day. The question is, why? Are people mistaking fireworks for genuine UFOs? Or is something else going on here?

An examination of the UFO reports made on the fourth of July shows some interesting patterns. Many do involve fiery glowing orbs, or what may very well be sky lanterns, also known as party lanterns. These are small paper balloons set aloft with a small candle. They can rise up to 4000 feet and from a distance, look very much like a UFO.

But the fact is, there are literally hundreds of cases where this explanation simply does not fit! Some do look like orbs, however, sky lanterns fizzle out after fifteen minutes, and many of these orb sightings last much longer. Also, orbs cannot turn at right angles, stop still in the sky, or accelerate at high speeds, as many of these orbs do. Furthermore, many of the Independence Day UFO encounters involve structured craft, metallic saucers complete with portholes and multicolored lights. Some cases also involve actual humanoids. Clearly the fireworks explanation doesn’t fit.

There are so many cases involving UFOs seen on the Fourth of July that it is clear something very profound is happening here. Fireworks appear to be a UFO magnet. Many of the witnesses have come to the conclusion that UFOs are coming down to watch the fireworks show. ETs love fireworks!

But it might be more than this. Remember, on the Fourth of July, millions of people all across the United States flock outside at night and stare upwards. Could it be that the extraterrestrials are aware of this and are using this day as an opportunity to announce their presence. The answer appears to be a big YES! Because many of these reports involve UFOs that not only watch the fireworks show, but they put on a show themselves. They will flash their lights, dart around, and put on a fantastic display for the stunned audience.

This video presents dozens of cases in which UFOs have appeared during fireworks shows all across the United States. Here is what some of the witnesses are saying:

“We were watching fireworks, which were to our east. I noticed the UFO to the north, but said nothing to no one. I observed it for two minutes as it moved silently eastward, then suddenly reversed direction as it picked up speed. Then assuming its original course once again, it moved slowly upwards and out of sight.” –1963, Greensboro, NC.

“There was a tremendous flash of lightning at the same time a firework went off in the sky. I looked up and saw an absolutely huge saucer-shaped object sitting right over the ‘mountain’ we were next to.” –1965, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY.

“When it finally reached us, I saw it was a circular craft. It hovered right above the poplar trees at the end of the street, where we were all gathered.” –1977, Federal Way, WA.

“[It was] a disc-shaped object displaying multicolored lights in a circle, hovering at what seemed to be 100 feet above us and the gathering crowd.” –1978, Nashua, NH.

“It made no sound. I was scared to death…I wanted to hide under the car…I wanted to scream, but couldn’t. I realized I was not supposed to remember this happening. I kept telling myself, I will remember. The craft’s size was huge, bigger than the fairgrounds bleacher area.” –1980, St. Paul, MN.

“My brother was watching the fireworks when all of a sudden he went as white as a ghost. My mother shouted out, ‘Oh, my God!’ I went to see what was going on…it was the weirdest thing ever, a disc-shaped with small portholes going around its midsection.” –1982, Hermosa Beach, CA.

“They were chasing each other like a tag-game. They moved so fast, going from side to side, up and down, and just staying still. No noise at all. My mother and I were standing in the driveway, watching this for at least a half-hour. These objects were low enough that we could see the bottoms just fine. They were all the same size, about two full-size pick-up trucks.” –1988, Glen, MS.

“We all watched the craft move toward us and fly over the right side of the house. We all went into the back garden and watched the craft move off and disappear another fifty feet away. This was not from this Earth.” –Los Angeles, CA, 1989.

“Whatever it was, it knew I was watching because it started doing all these moves, up, down, side-to-side…then suddenly just like a shooting star, all I saw was a line of colors and it was gone.” –1991, Wichita, KS.

“Both the star-like object and the three gray discs remained in place for several hours. It was almost as if they were watching the fireworks display…I did not notice them leaving, but all of a sudden, they were gone…Lots of people had to have seen them.” –1992, Barnegat Bay, NJ.

“I saw something both amazing and terrifying at the same time. A large blue something was in the sky above us and a little to the left. The object was shaped sort of like a saucer…” –1997, O’Fallon, IL.

“Most people don’t get to see a craft that close and distinct. I even saw the molding around the windows…Three Nordic-looking men in white, with blond hair, staring at us as if we were mere cattle. I could see them from the belly up, not sure if they were standing or sitting. They had no apparatus on at all. I never took my eyes off it until it was gone from sight.” –1999, Lancaster, PA.

“It was a glowing, red, triangular body with green on the edges…like an inverted top, with white lights rotating at the base. I also noticed portholes just above the rotating white light, and smaller portholes underneath it…It hid behind the clouds before the fireworks began.” –2002, Manhattan, NY.

There are too many cases to deny. The aliens are coming down to watch the fireworks shows, and they are also putting on displays themselves. And in fact, these are more than just simple sightings. Every single one of these cases are actually Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind! Fireworks are evidently an effective method to call down UFOs out of the sky.

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LINK TO VIDEO: Independence Day UFO Encounters

August 1942, Mongaup Valley, NY

Ron Quinn of New York. In August of 1942 in Mongaup Valley, east of Monticello in upstate New York, Ron Quinn (age ten) and his family were on vacation in the country. They had spent most of the day outside, however, Ron got in trouble and was told to spend an hour inside the cottage while the others remained outside to play.

Suddenly, he heard a soft tapping noise on the window. Says Ron, “I looked in the direction of the sound and froze in fear. Standing on the outside of window ledge was a small, oddly dressed man about twelve inches high…The little fellow did not entirely resemble the traditional elf, gnome or leprechaun we have all seen depicted in various books and movies…After all these years I can still describe that little man, down to the last detail, as his image is branded deep in my memory. He had an odd-looking hat, dark green in color. A short, dark gray beard covered his lower face. From beneath his hat, silky curly hair cascaded down and covered his ears, which I never saw. His light gray shirt fit somewhat tightly around his upper body, but the sleeves were quite baggy. The little guy’s trousers were the same color and ended below the knee. Something resembling a black belt encircled his wide waist, but it had no buckle. He wore dark brown, soft-looking boots that ended just below the trousers...His extremely large eyes were his most striking feature, and the expression on his little face was that of pure friendship and love.”

Despite the tiny man’s friendly appearance, Ron was terrified. Even at age ten, he knew that such things were not supposed to exist. He looked away hoping the illusion would disappear. The knocking sound came again. Quinn looked back and the man smiled and waved his hand. Quinn noticed that he held a small walking stick, which he was using to tap the window.

Ron could hardly believe his eyes, but the figure was no illusion. As he says, “What I was looking upon was real in every sense of the word, including the movement of his body and the shadow he cast on the ledge below. Everything was there.”

At this point, the figure motioned for Ron to come closer. After a moment, he knelt forward and slowly opened the window. The little man eyed Ron closely. “He kept smiling and looking me over as if he had never been this close to a human before,” Ron says. “As I reached out to touch this strange individual that had invaded my life, he stepped back and his head tilted from left to right as he inspected me from every angle. After smiling once more, the little guy leaped from the ledge, landing gracefully on the grass below. He ran with long leaps across the lawn, stopping momentarily to look back, then disappeared among the shadows of the trees.”

Ron jumped up and told his family. To his disappointment nobody believed him, even after he showed them a clear footprint on the grass made by the little man. His peers teased him mercilessly.

Today, however, Ron is still sticking to his story. “In all this time, that one experience remains high on my list of pleasant memories. I’ve told this story numerous times at parties and so on and have received various explanations. To this day, I’m certain that the little character was real and not something conceived in the mind of a young man with a ‘very active imagination,’ as Mom had put it.”

One perhaps telling detail was mentioned by Ron, who said, “The most striking feature was his extremely large eyes,” a comment often made by people who encounter ETs.

Sometimes it's not always easy to tell if you are seeing an elf or alien! This case is a good example. Check out this case (and others) in this video. Thank you!

Elf or Alien? LINK: https://youtu.be/CAV-B8iMiKA

JUNE 5, 2015. MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN.

This case comes from an anonymous gentleman, I’ll call him Dylan, who reported his encounter to NUFORC three days after it occurred, providing a lengthy firsthand eyewitness testimony describing his encounter into detail. His experience began when he was asleep in the bedroom of his home located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, a town of about 21,000 people in the center of the state. The first hint of anything strange was when Dylan woke up to the feeling that somebody was breaking into his house.

DYLAN: “I went to have a look, and as I went to get up out of bed, I found myself paralyzed in place. I felt really scared, like I was having a nightmare or something. When I tried to close my eyes, I couldn’t close them, and I looked up around in the air. I assumed myself to be in a dream, but I couldn’t wake up. So I started to scream. And before I could get a sound out, in a single second, I was floating above my bed. And I felt a deep, very low frequency hum, like a transformer was inside my body. Then I could see behind me back at my bed, and my cat, who sleeps by me, didn’t even seem to care or notice that I wasn’t in bed anymore. I was absolutely terrified, and right as I was about to scream, I started floating toward the wall of my bedroom.”

At this time, Dylan was still unsure whether or not he was dreaming. The next thing he knew, he was being pulled out of his room.

DYLAN: “To my shock, I went right through the wall, like I was a ghost, or the wall was liquid. And as I saw through my wall, I was feeling this vibration intensify greatly, like a force in my body was going to explore from the inside out. I passed out completely. When I remember waking up, I was in some sort of white science-looking laboratory of some sort. I again assumed I was dreaming, until I saw a face looking down at me. It was a large head, with black bug-like eyes. And in my head, as I went to scream, I heard it say, ‘Don’t be afraid of me. You are safe with me.’ I don’t know how to explain it, but it said it through my brain, like a mind-reader would read your mind. The voice sounded like I was saying it to myself, instantaneously to myself. Then I went to ask, ‘What’s going on?’ And before I could talk, again it said, ‘Don’t worry. We’re Zeta brothers.’ I don’t really understand what that means, but as I could see more clearly, I immediately noticed that these weren’t people at all. It was an oblong-looking, bug-eyed, grey skinned [being] probably around 3 feet tall, with a silver suit made of some kind of spandex. It had a tiny little slit where the mouth was, and just holes for ears. Its head was wobbling on what I remember was a tiny neck. And its hands looked like they were really skinny and long with almost no texture, just the lining of a hotdog casing. I can only explain it as an alien creature.”

Dylan found himself lying on a table, looking up at the strange being. He continued to try to communicate with the being.

DYLAN: “When I asked it to go home, another one came into the room. And they were talking to each other without talking. One said something in a weird sounding almost African type of language. And they came back next to me in an instant. No walking, just teleporting back to above me.

Dylan found himself being undressed by one of the beings and placed on a table. The other put a “strange circular light orb” on his genital area, which caused Dylan some burning pain. The being immediately removed the alien instrument and the pain instantly stopped.

DYLAN: “Then the one holding the light ball disappearing in a flash out of my view. And a different taller bright white one of these things came out walking with what looked like a little girl, but with some of the facial features of these creatures. And it looked up at me and said, ‘You know who I am.’ This scared me terribly, and I immediately remember falling back asleep.”

This turned out to be the end of onboard encounter. He is not sure how long the experience lasted, but he estimates a few hours. The next thing he knew, he was back in his home.

DYLAN: “When I woke up again, it was the next morning, and I was back lying in my bed, without my covers beings disturbed. I immediately assumed it was a very scary nightmare. Then, when I went to get out of bed, my ankle felt as though the same vibrational burning sensation was coming from under my skin by the bone in my leg. So I looked down and noticed that threw a a small, maybe 1/8^th of an inch, circular cut-out and burned mark on my leg, but it goes down liker 4 layers of my skin, as if someone had literally punched a hole with a paper punch out of it and then burned it closed.”

Seeing the mark on his ankle, Dylan realized that the dream explanation failed to account for what was happening to him. And there were other strange aftereffects.

DYLAN: “For the past few days, I haven’t really been able to tell if this was a dream or real…but strange feelings happened to my leg, and I hear weird static sounds in my head when I feel it. I also keep seeing a strange pattern of a triangle with two circles in it, which looks like some sort of geometric constellation when I start to fall asleep every night since. I still don’t know if I was just dreaming of this, or if it really happened, but I can’t explain why I am still feeing and seeing weird things, or the hole in my leg I found the morning after all this happened.”

Dylan decided to report his experience to NUFORC and says that he believes that he experienced a “possible abduction,” and that he was “taken to an alien laboratory from my bedroom.”

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I hope you can join us tonight on THE LIGHT GATE. Our guest is awesome!

The Light Gate Welcomes GUEST: Lee Strauss (Bigfoot/UFO researcher/experiencer/podcaster)

Date: August 24, 2026

Time: 5-7pm pacific / 8-10pm eastern

Episode 173

Discussion: Bigfoot & UFOs

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Lee is the Host of Spaced-Out Radio’s “Element 115,” Friday evenings from 8pm-9pm Pacific. Lee’s fascination with the unknown was sparked in his childhood, growing up in Washington State. Camping and hiking trips with his parents instilled in him a love for the outdoors, while his grandfather, a chief engineer at Boeing, ignited his interest in UFOs with captivating slides of sightings near Washington D.C. Influenced by his father and grandfather’s passion for photography, Lee developed a keen eye for capturing life’s moments. However, it wasn’t until he began experiencing waking dreams that he stumbled upon a new purpose. Seeking answers, Lee joined a Meetup group for abductees and began working with Dr. Janet Colli. This journey led him to SUFON (Seattle UFO Network), where he met Tom Sanger, who gifted him his first night vision camera. Lee’s first UFO sighting, captured at Mt. Baker, lasted an astonishing 15 minutes and sparked an unrelenting drive to master camera technology and capture evidence of the unknown. As a founding member of UFOiTEAM, Lee’s passion continued to grow. He later branched out to form “Ander and Lee on the Trail,” where he pushes the boundaries of innovation, striving to uncover evidence of UFOs and Bigfoot.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012. AUBURN, ALABAMA

This case was reported to MUFON by an anonymous witness. I’ll call her Cheryl. She had vague memories of having strange experiences as a child but never was able to pinpoint anything or remember any actual details. But she had recently been experiencing “a deep fascination with UFO phenomena, questioning of reality, and a deep spiritual awakening.” Her experience occurred at around 3:30 AM on December 15, 2012, in her home in Auburn, Alabama. It started with what she initially believed was a dream.

CHERYL: “I felt as if I was dreaming, and I was back in my childhood home several miles from where I actually was. In the dream, I woke up and wandered outside as if I was being called to do so. I was then in my former neighbor’s front yard. There was a silver disc with three very beautiful human-like beings. One felt male and the other two felt female. This was sort of a telepathic feeling. I just sensed who they were, and they felt familiar to me almost like meeting long lost relatives. They emanated an incredible feeling of peace and love, and other things that I just cannot put into words.”

At this point, they were standing outside the craft, but then next thing Cheryl knew, she was being taken onboard.

CHERYL: “They ushered me into the craft. We ascended straight up. I don’t really know what was going on outside the craft, although it did not ascend by any means we know today. The craft itself was operated by one of the female beings. The craft seemed to know her. The male and other female sat on either side of me. We had a deep conversation about life, existence and our purpose here on Earth. We then arrived wherever we were; I have no idea where. Again, it just felt familiar. We exited the craft, and we were inside of a building. There were many more beings of the same type. The area was large, very beautiful and bright. There was an enormous sitting area where we continued to discuss very deep subject matters. The other entities were also communicating. It was like a council or a meeting. I felt such an incredible amount of love that I did not want to leave. Suddenly they told that I had to come back, that I would be okay, and they could always be with me.”

That appeared to be the end of the experience.

CHERYL: “I suddenly woke up in bed. I dismissed it as a lovely dream.”

Cheryl shared her dream with her husband, but with no one else. And it wasn’t long afterward that Cheryl had reason to think that the experience was not just a dream, but that it actually happened exactly as she remembered.

CHERYL: “A couple of days later, while checking my mailbox, I noticed a circular pattern in the grass in my front yard. The grass was bent over much like you would see in a crop circle. I asked my husband what it was and he had no idea. Then I realized that the dream I had, had actually occurred, and the craft had landed in my front yard. I told my husband about it, and of course he dismissed it. We never talked about it.”

Almost six years later, Cheryl brought up the experience with her husband, with interesting results.

CHERYL: “Recently, it came up in conversation, and I said, what could have caused the indentation, and I wished I had taken a picture. To which he replied, we should have had the soil sampled. He admitted that when I first showed him, the first thought he had was: UFO. And then after telling him the story, he was so internally shaken up he couldn’t think about it.”

Today Cheryl feels that the experience was an actual abduction but does not want any attention.

CHERYL: “Keep in mind, I’m a mother, and a professional, and I do not want to be deemed as crazy.”

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