We Are Not Alone; UFO Sightings Across America, My Story Part 3

This is the third part of my story, to read it from the beginning of the story,
please start with We Are Not Alone Part 1 and click here for We Are Not Alone, Part 2

SEDONA, ARIZONA- 1993

Fast forward a year or two later to 1993, Sedona, Arizona, where the evening skies are like diamond-pricked velvet curtains thrown across the heavens, only enhancing the amazing vistas with sparkling gems winking back at you, staged with giant red rocks that turn black at night and silhouette their character shapes onto your dilated night eyes. Sedona is a mysterious and magical, truly healing and wondrous place, little did I know it was full of aliens, UFO's and government secrets...also the best cappuccino south of Seattle.

I had decided, earlier in the year, still living on the west coast of Florida, in an unhealthy relationship, young, and looking for a way out, to pack my belongings (which consisted of clothes, books and a few trinkets of memorabilia) into my little red car and head out west to find myself.
Alone and full of hope, I made it to Sedona in less than 2 days (with lots of adventures along the way), and was headed directly for the Crystal Castle shop where my best friend had started work after moving in with her father not long before.
It was the perfect place to begin a new life and leave the old behind, as such the beauty of Sedona's surroundings are amazing (to say the least) they take on a physical feeling that ribbons around your heart and stays with you long after you leave.
And I can attest to that. I'm not sure if it's because I feel an affinity with the Native American culture, or because I've always been such an empath, or just because it does that to everyone...who knows?
But while cruising along the highway trying to take in the whole scene, I was in a state of immense awe, not only of the beauty, but of the intensity of the physical vibrations that permeated the red-rocked area.
More than once, while driving into the little city of Sedona I had to pull over for the sheer rush of beauty that overwhelmed my senses as I entered it's magical mountains; my skin sprouted gooseflesh, tears streamed down my face, and with pure joy I was reminded that God does indeed exist.

Still high on life, and cruising 'round the curvy Highway 179 that runs through the center of Sedona's Village of Oak Creek, I came to a spot named Bell Rock, it really did look like a giant bell shaped from the dusty red earth jutting out of the ground, and as I slowed, it called to me like a lost child. I felt it beckoning me closer and almost physically willing me to stop and have a look around, even though I was eager to make it to my destination, something inside me pulled at me to stop.
So I parked my car, got out, and headed up the trail towards the giant red, copper and salmon shape bringing only a bottle of water and my backpack (which only carried a couple of energy bars, an apple, my notebook and some colored pens). Being a novice at hiking, (remember I'm from Iowa and had only ever lived there, and the west coast of Florida before) I didn't think about anything but getting to the top of that giant red masterpiece to catch a view of the surrounding area, not giving even a fleeting thought of how I would get down.

As I was climbing, I felt a tugging at my stomach, the energy was so strong there it affected my whole body, pulling me higher and higher along the red-crusted, juniper and sage spotted trail up higher still until I couldn't go any further up.
I had made it to the top, and was awarded with a sight like I'd never seen before...cyan skies cottoned with puffs of fluffy white clouds, and landscaped with dark evergreen trees, contrasted with deep copper toned red rock formations that seemed to mimic all shades of life, from cathedrals, chimneys, bears and coffeepots, to archaic shapes and even one that looked like Snoopy.
Needless to say, I was in complete awe of the nature that surrounded me. I didn't know Sedona would be so full of strong energies, and the "male" type energy that emanated from Bell Rock really made quite the impression on me, I can only describe the feeling as a "male" type alien energy as it was so strong and forceful, contained so much power, that's what flashed in my brain; the memory still sits in the forefront of my mind to this day.

I must have sat up there for hours admiring the view and scribbling notes and drawings into my notebook, when I looked around and saw the sun was starting to get lower in the darkening turquoise sky. I immediately threw everything into my backpack and started looking for the best way to get down.
I was in for a real 'novice-hiker's' nightmare (never go hiking alone!).. getting down wouldn't be so easy, definitely not as easy as climbing up, and I couldn't find the trail that had led me up this giant red beast.
After much fretting and worrying that I'd be stuck up there until the end of time, or worse, until I died, I finally decided to be brave and try going down on my behind when it was too far down. Sliding down wouldn't be so bad and it definitely helped (especially when you're afraid of heights trying to come off a humongous rock).
After what seemed like years, I made it back to my car and was so proud of myself for accomplishing the enormous task of making it back safe and sound, I would have never even contemplated doing just days before. I was already a new woman.

Feeling higher than ever, and trying to concentrate on navigating the curvy highway to the heart of Sedona and the Crystal Castle to meet up with my friend, and tell her of my adventures, I passed Cathedral Rock and other amazing vistas, and more tears came while singing along with Enya's 1993 "Caribbean Blue", I thought to myself,

"This day just couldn't get any better, I must be in a very sacred place."

Next stop, Crystal Castle, and my soul sister. :0) !

I easily spotted the store my friend had described in an earlier conversation, spotted Crytal Castle on the sign and knew I was in the right place.
I found my dear friend inside working behind the counter of the new age gift shop (which had a cool upstairs work shop/yoga/sacred space) complete with psychic readers, and healers, and a magical creek flowing through the back yard of the house/shop, and proceeded to tell her of my many adventures during my westward trip.
We were both so excited to see each-other again that we drew the attention of the owner, who had been in her back office doing paperwork, who, lucky for us, was a patient, kind and sweet lady that offered me a job immediately after hearing my story. How blessed I felt to have landed a job the very first day after arriving in that beautiful town, with such gorgeous surroundings and lovely people, I definitely felt I had found a new home.

Not long after setting up my living quarters, (sharing a room with my friend at her Dad's apartment in the Village of Oak Creek) I noticed that everyone who lived in Sedona had few topics of conversation: one; the best hiking trails and red rocks to climb, two; where to find the best cappuccinos (which was easy because everyone met at the only one in town daily to discuss the topic du-jour ) and three; aliens and UFOs topped with government cover-ups and highly secretive missions, which also coincided with the ever-present psychics, clairvoiants, healers, and your run-of-the-mill "new agers'" who always had amazing stories to share.

I'm not sure if it was just the area itself, or the people who gathered there, that drew the attention of extraterrestrials, but more likely the history, geographic emissions and intense energies that culminate in Sedona are the reasons.

One day, while on an amazing "off-the-tourist-trail" hike through Boynton Canyon in the secret mountain wilderness with a local Native American, my friends and I were astounded at what she showed us. We didn't comprehend, at first, the enormity of what we had seen until much later and were surprised to find such detail in the petrogliphs etched into the face of the rocks. What we saw and experienced on that trail are much too difficult to translate into words, as the feelings and vibrations were so intense there is nothing I have reference to that would describe it in full to you. I can only give you my best attempt (which won't even come close I know) to giving you a taste of being there.

Trying not to disturb the fragile rock face we trepidly padded along the carved pathway that led around the entire rock face, and were delighted after rounding a sharp turn, to find what looked like a large crawl-space that had been literally carved out of the giant red rock to form 'beds', a 'fire-pit' and 'living quarters'. This entire space was probably no larger than 15 feet across, 5 feet high, and about 6 feet deep into the rock. Amazed was not even a word I could have used to describe our reaction as that wouldn't be a strong enough emotion. But that wasn't even the half of what we saw after that.

Just past the "carved house" with petroglyphs scratched into it's walls, we were shown something even more bewildering and awe-stricking..... some kind of transport system with alien type markings above each section. Our native tour guide explained that the markings above the strange cut outs in the rock face symbolized the purpose of each of the two "portals".

One, was cut out quite low where you could almost sit on the ledge created by the carved rock and when you stood or sat in the small ledge you immediately felt a very strong "grounding" effect or a "pushing down" feeling. While the other had an enormous feeling of being pulled up, or "rising" effect. And above each were markings that seemed to symbolize just that, as if it were depicting, stand here to get "beamed up" and stand there to be "beamed down". I swear it was the weirdest thing any of us had seen before. The saddest part about this whole thing is quite a few years ago now, some tourists, (without a native guide) found their way on this trail (supposedly looking for the "alien portal" ) and found that the entire face of that rock had broken to pieces and fallen in a heap below. I was very upset about this as I'd always wanted to go back there and see it again. Now, since it is gone, it's lost forever to the world.

Not long after that experience, some friends and I had gone on a day hike out by the camping grounds somewhere by Cheves and Red Rock State Park I think, I'm not sure exactly where we were, as we all went on so many hikes and so many times we went out for day hikes that ended up in another area completely. In any case, while hiking along, we felt a giant "boom" that felt like it came from underground. It shook the whole area and left us just as shaken, we werent' sure if it was an earthquake or what. Moments later, we met a lone hiker and asked him if he had heard and felt it too. He had, and not only that, but proceeded to tell of of his time spent living in the surrounding caves of Sedona for months as a sort of "finding himself" loner experience.

He told us that he thought it was government people doing experiments in the caves and underground areas of Sedona (which at first we thought was a bit paranoid and "conspiracy-theory-ist") and had even run into a few of them. We were definitely shocked, but interested non-the-less. He then explained that while hiking around a very interesting cave one day, he found that the cave itself had seemed to go on forever, going further and deeper than he had ever gone anywhere, but it had so piqued his interest, he was pulled further and deeper still, looking for its end, and came across electrical lights strung along the ceiling of the cave's trail. The lights were on so he didn't need his flashlight anymore and kept going, wondering why someone had gone to all the trouble of fixing electrical lights this far into a cave. He found his answer within minutes as two men in black clothing popped up out of nowhere and escorted him out of the cave telling him that they knew who he was (and proceeded to tell him of all his living family members as well as where they resided), and that he was not allowed on the "government property", and to never speak of this incident to anyone or his family may pay the price. Needless to say, he was spooked and never went back to that cave, though he did tell us of his experience, and he said that he only told us so we wouldn't venture into that same cave and meet the same fate that had scared him so badly.

Less than a week later, my friends and I were up on Schnebly Hill after a long day's hike, just relaxing and enjoying the amazing sunset which filled the skies with deep purple, red and yellow, orange streaks and pink clouds shaded by the sun's rainbow of color that seeped across the horizon. We all enjoyed watching the "magic show" as we aptly named the nightly performances.

And what happened next, none of us would ever forget ...take note, this all happened in front of over 20 people, so I know that I'm not alone in this one. One minute I was taking a breather in a friend's micro-bus, and the next, I was torn out of the VW van to witness something none of us would ever forget.

The view across the way from where we stood on top of the hill was normally a beautiful sight of two giant pillars of red rock forming columns along side of a flattened rock face with a plateau-ed edge of red-orange rock. It looked as though it was a "driveway" of sorts, lined with two giant columns on either side of a mountain. But what we saw that night was nothing short of miraculous let alone normal. What we all witnessed were two blacked-out government helicopters hovering along either side of the columns and "escorting" a UFO to the front of the flattened rock face. I say it was a UFO because none of us had seen anything in our human technology anything remotely like it. More like a vee shaped object with strange glowing lights at even intervals and flying with sporadic zigzags that had come out of nowhere with such speed it knocked us all for a loop.
And just as suddenly, the rock face where the depression in the plateau had been just disappeared leaving a gaping hole in the face of the rock for the UFO to fly into. I swear, it was just like an automatic garage door opener where one minute it was nothing but red rock and the next, a black hole leading far into the giant mass of mountain. Then, it "closed" and appeared just as it had the minute before and the helicopters hovered for another 30 seconds, then flew off. We couldn't believe our eyes and all stood there speechless for over ten minutes, when someone finally broke the silence and whispered,

"What we've just seen here tonight is something no-one will believe if we tell them".

We all agreed not to say a word about it at the coffee shop the next day, but the rest of our night we sat around and tried to explain to ourselves what we had really witnessed, trying to make sense of it, trying anyway we could to make it seem like it was no big deal, but all coming up empty and full of a strange sense of foreboding.

Then, to top it all off, about a week later (maybe less or more, I don't know, as time seems to pass so differently out there) while my friend and I were working behind the counter at the Crystal Castle, checking out customers and helping them when they needed it, a very average couple walked into the shop. I say very average because they seemed almost too average; with too average of clothes, too average hair, too average faces and accessories, even their cameras and pouches seemed, well, too average. That's the only way we could explain them. They seemed like they were a bit lost and walked very slowly up to the counter where my friend and I stood and just stared at us for about a full minute. During that minute (which seemed like an hour), they took off their sunglasses and we both noticed their eyes...they had the strangest eyes we'd ever seen; like lizard eyes, or reptilian eyes, I swear, their pupils were vertical shaped instead of round and had an eerie coldness to them that sparked fear in me instantly. (Take note this is way before any of those fancy contacts were even available to the public) I looked at them in shock-horror, then wide-eyed looked at my friend as if to say,

"OMG! Are you SEEING this?!!!"

She looked back at me as if to say,

"Holy CRAP! They're frickin' ALIENS batman, and they're scary as s**t!"

Yeah, that's exactly what we both thought, immediately, and I then thought, well, we still have to do our jobs, so I pulled myself together and addressed the female with a shaky- trying -to -be -formidable voice,

"Can I help you with something?"

She looked at me with a calm, poised look as though she was trying to hide her eyes while keeping it together herself and asked me some stupid question. I can't for the life of me remember what she asked me (nor does my friend), but we do both remember it being so strange a question that it wouldn't have had to be asked at all,,, if they had been human that is.

Then, they turned around quickly and left after we gave them some stupid answer.

After the door had closed behind them my friend and I screamed almost uncontrollably, which attracted the attention of every other customer in the place (as well as our boss) who came out to see what all the commotion was about. When we informed her of the couple we had just seen, she just shrugged and said,

"Well, that's Sedona for ya', you never know what kind of weirdos will visit".

She wasn't even shocked, nor upset that we told her we saw aliens in her place of business, she just blew it off like it happened everyday. All I know is, I'll never be the same again after talking to what I now call the "Lizard People".

TODAY

There is so much more I could say, and really, so many more stories just like these, but I feel I've gone on long enough and I don't really want to scare you anymore than I probably already have. So I'll leave it at that for now. Really though, isn't that enough??!!

I still have dreams about them, as well as other aliens, different types who are very tall and thin with large heads and enormous eyes (which I've come to know as the "Greys") along with other alien type beings. Some seem like angels to me, with warm, glowing energies and a helping spirit, while others seem cold, calculating and just plain scary. They've never come to "abduct me" at least not that I remember, but I have spoken to many people who have had such experiences, I can only hope that the "good" aliens can overcome the "bad" aliens to keep us safe. Who knows? Maybe they have been protecting us all these years. Maybe all these "crazies" that have written about aliens are all right, maybe they're not. But what I do know, is what I've witnessed and experienced myself has affected not only my sleep and dreams, but my waking hours as well...
now you can understand a little more about me and why I seem a bit "strange", it's all because of a bike ride I took as a child and looked up instead of at what was in front of me.

Damn my curious nature.

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