Date: July 18, 2004 Time: Around 8:51 p.m.
Hi, I just read your article on the UFO sightings in the area back in the 70's. Before my dad passed away I remember him talking about a friend of his that was a police officer in Texico. I don't remember his name but the story was that he was called to the high school to investigate lights on the roof of the school. From what my dad had said is that high schoolers would on occasion clown around on the roof so he was to shoo them away.
When he arrived he described what he thought were flashlights on the roof but he couldn't see anyone holding the lights and that they came down to the ground a little distance from him then flew away. That's all I remember my dad telling me because that was some years ago. Also I personally have some pictures that I took 2 summers ago in Portales which is 20 miles from Clovis. Nobody I talked to about these pictures seemed to believe me and they did not come out as well as I would have liked. I can send them to you if you like just so you can see the light I saw. But that is a whole other story on my part and has nothing to do with the 70's sightings.
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Your welcome for the info. My Dad was a firm believer that we are not alone and it rubbed off on me so I find the subject very interesting. Attached are the pictures that I took 2 years ago. I did not witness lights, but a single light. It was early evening in July. The pictures are dated on the 18th around 8:51. There was a normal summer thunderstorm in the distance and it was cloudy with bits of lightning to the east. I was standing in my doorway facing south enjoying the view of the setting sunlight coupled with the colors of the storm clouds. Off on the horizon I saw a bright red light which I thought might have been a helicopter from the hospital or a low flying plane from Cannon AFB.
The wind was pretty calm and it was a pretty quiet evening so I was waiting for the tell tale sounds to come to me. As I watched the light flying what seemed pretty low fly across the horizon from west going east I never heard anything. After the straight flight I watch it seemed to stop. Being that seeing planes flying around I figured the plane had just turned towards me and that's why it seemed to stop. Well I watched the light for an estimated 10 minutes and it never moved but then it seemed to go a little higher. Since the thing never blinked and didn't seem to move or anything I remembered my new camera and decided to try to take pictures of it. The first few pictures I took with a flash and the object was not visible so I turned off the flash and tried to hold my camera steady enough to take the pictures I have. They did not turn out good enough for anyone I showed to make anything of it. The streaking effect in the pictures is because of the combination of my unsteady hands and my camera zoomed to the max. When you turn the flash off on the camera you have to stay very still for the picture to come out right. But you can see that it was a bright red light. As I started to snap the pictures the light slowly faded until I could not see it anymore.
Also my batteries died so I could not take any more pictures. I showed a friend who was working soon after and she could not figure out what I had pictures of and I also showed a police officer who was there and he also could not explain it. Well the thing never blinked, never made any noise and never had a recognizable shape other than a ball of light. The total time I watched the light is around 11 or 12 minutes. To this day nobody really believes me but I still show the pictures.
Photos are © 2006 Arturo
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