{"id":3298,"date":"2017-11-23T06:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T06:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2017-11-23T06:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T06:55:25","slug":"ufo-sighting-modesto-california-august-3rd-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/ufo-sighting-modesto-california-august-3rd-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO Sighting over Modesto, California, August 3rd, 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following case was submitted to The Black Vault. It can not be reproduced without permission.<\/p>\n<h3>Witness Testimony<\/h3>\n<div id=\"thread-entry-16477\">\n<div class=\"thread-entry message avatar\">\n<div class=\"thread-body no-pjax\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On or about August 3rd of 1987 my husband, &nbsp;my child, &nbsp;and myself we&#8217;re camping at a lake outside of Modesto, California.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We we&#8217;re in an area where there we&#8217;re no other campers. My son was asleep in the camper and my husband I we&#8217;re sitting on the picnic table talking.&nbsp; We we&#8217;re not under the influence if alcohol or drugs of any kind. My husband pointed out to me these small dots in the sky.&nbsp; I&#8217;m remembering about 5 of them.&nbsp; They kept approaching until they we&#8217;re darting around over the lake quite close to us.&nbsp; They looked like little tiny aircraft.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Then a huge ship came over the water and just stopped and hovered there. I&#8217;d say no farther than a football fields length away.&nbsp; We could see quite clear.&nbsp; Silver, &nbsp;windows that circled around it like a narrow belt.&nbsp; Not quite round, &nbsp;a little oval. It made no noise and but sat motionless in the sky in front if us for about 20 minutes. The smaller ones just flew around in the vicinity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It shone bright lights on us the entire time. We we&#8217;re mesmerized but nor fearful. We couldn&#8217;t believe what we we&#8217;re seeing. Then we heard the air force jets coming from behind us. About the time we heard them, &nbsp;the small ships just disappeared and the large one took off at an incredible speed from a standstill. The jets we&#8217;re no match but they filled it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The next morning I woke up very I&#8217;ll. I was covered in black pepper looking spots. Had a high fever. My spots turned into sores and all of my hair fell out. My illness lasted for about a year and a half.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sadly, &nbsp;my husband was killed in an accident just a few days after the sighting. He was showing signs of sores on his face but died before we knew if he would get sick like I did.&nbsp; My son was inside the camper and not in the light like we we&#8217;re. I did not see any reason to report the incident since the air force was on the scene.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Claudia Hillman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following case was submitted to The Black Vault. It can not be reproduced without permission. Witness Testimony On or about August 3rd of 1987 my husband, &nbsp;my child, &nbsp;and myself we&#8217;re camping at a lake outside of Modesto, California.&nbsp; &nbsp; We we&#8217;re in an area where there we&#8217;re no other campers. 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