Reader’s close encounter with UFO
I recently received an e-mail from regular WraithScape reader Sienna Blake, who lives in New South Wales, Australia.
Sienna had an interesting story to tell. She has seen a number of UFOs, but her first encounter was one she will never forget.
Sienna lives with her partner Max. Their home is a small shack deep in the forest, and it was here that the first sighting took place.
“It was Good Friday this year,” she told me. “The time was 5.30am, the morning after the full moon. I was still asleep.
“My partner Max was lying in bed gazing out the window and contemplating, as you do.”
Suddenly, Max saw a white, glowing orb that came slowly through the treetops towards their house.
He immediately leaped out of bed and ran to fetch his spectacles.
Sienna was roused from her slumber by this sudden burst of activity and also clambered out of bed.
By this time Max was already on the verandah looking at the bizarre light, and shouted for his partner to join him.
“We watched it for about three minutes all up,” said Sienna, “and as it cruised overhead above our house I climbed up the ladder onto the porch that leads to the solar panels on the roof and waved.”
This might seem a rather odd thing to do under the circumstances, but I know of other cases, some going back to the 1950s, where witnesses were also moved to try to make contact in this way.
Personally I have a great admiration for people who can keep their wits enough to behave in such a manner during such encounters.
But then Sienna and Max had something drawn to their attention: “As we watched it move across the sky and we saw lights underneath it,” Sienna added, “and the light from it was shimmery and beautiful.”
The object made no sound. It was, remembers Sienna, “absolutely silent, with no noise whatsoever. I’ll never forget it.”
There is a general perception among members of the public that UFO sightings are scary. They can be, but not always.
Sometimes they are not only not unpleasant, but almost invigorating.
Later, some will even describe their encounters as having been “spiritual” or “enlightening”.
My own guess is that there is nothing about such encounters which is specifically designed to engender feelings of elation, but that the very nature of the experience – seeing such an incredible display of lights in the sky above – is almost guaranteed to send our sense of wonder into top gear.
The knowledge – or even the very thought – that one could be staring at the undercarriage of an alien vehicle from another part of the galaxy would, I suspect, fill any normal person with awe.
The setting of the sighting may also be relevant. The couple lived deep in the forest – an ideal place for a UFO to appear whilst simultaneously reducing the risk of being seen.
Also, the rural areas of New South Wales have a long history of strange phenomena, including sightings of the Yowie – a hairy, man-like creature similar to the North American Bigfoot – giant (supposedly extinct) lizards, and, of course, ghosts.
The NSW forests have an almost mystical ambience, and it doesn’t surprise me that the glowing sphere chose the area the couple lived in to manifest itself.
Subsequent to their experience, Sienna and Max have seen two other UFOs: “They were further away, cruising higher up in the heavens; still spheres, still white/silver and silent, but harder to make out.”
Whatever the origin of the silent, glowing orbs, Sienna and Max are unlikely to forget their experiences.
* Had a close encounter? E-mail wraithscape@mikehallowell.com with the details.
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