Sphere Captured by Mountains, Travelling Against the Wind

2022-09-17
1:43PM
Provo, UT, US

Eyewitness Statement:

We went for hike on Mt. Timpanogos in Utah. We were two miles up the trail at an elevation of about 8500'. While we were sitting on a rocky bluff taking in the scenery I happened to notice a bright, shiny object against the deep blue sky. At first I thought it was simply an airplane. But as I watched it for several more seconds I noticed there was no movement. It was totally suspended in the sky, I'd say 1500-2000' in the air about 1.5 miles away. To be sure it wasn't moving, I put my thumb up directly under it and watched to see if it went up/down or left/right of my thumb. It did not move. It was hovering in place against ridiculously strong winds blowing from my left to my right. I watched this strange, hovering behaviour for approximately 2-3 mins. About 1 minute after I began watching this object, I said to my wife Connie, "Connie, check that out. There's a UFO right there."
I said it half-jokingly, but in my head there was no other logical explanation. I guess I was looking for some confirmation that what I was seeing was actually happening. We watched it together for another minute or so while it was hovering in place, both of us entirely perplexed. Connie even said to me, "That is really, really weird!" Shortly after she said that the object began to descend rapidly in a controlled manner down and to the left AGAINST the strong winds. I quickly grabbed her phone and started recording the attached video. I couldn't actually see the object on the phone because it was a mile or so away, but I tracked it with my eyes while I moved the phone downward where I "thought' the object would remain visible in the frame. I lost the object with my eyes (and the phone) when it dropped to the same level as the mountains. That's why the video ends abruptly. I thought it was gone, but it was not. We got a visual on the object again about a minute later. It was hovering just above the trees in front of the distant mountain. Kind of fading in and out of visibility. Then it just disappeared. Poof! Gone!
Needless to say, our minds are blown!! We got home and Googled "UFO Mt. Timpanogos", and what do you know! Someone saw the EXACT same object behaving the EXACT same way in December of 2021 in the same area. There's a TikTok video of their experience available on the internet.

Source Link:
https://www.mufoncms.com/files_jeud8334j/125240_submitter_file1__UFO917221.mp4