A California couple is reporting an odd series of events from the early morning hours of January 9 that they suggest may have been a close encounter, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness database.

The wife had gone to bed at 1 a.m., while the husband reports being outside smoking and "heard running/scattering on the side of our house. Then once inside he said he heard an odd breathing sound."

The husband retired to bed then at 4 a.m.

The wife woke to her 21-month-old son crying; and after checking on him, heard the stories from earlier in the evening from her husband. Then looking outside toward the nearby town of Magalia, she saw a "star" coming toward her home, which seemed to stop in the sky.

Magalia is in northern, California, Butte County, population 10,569.

The following is the unedited and as yet uninvestigated report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most paranormal reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If California MUFON investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update.

CA, January 9, 2010 - Close Encounter? MUFON Case # 21404.

My husband had apparently been awake sine I had gone to bed around 1a.m. He had gone outside to smoke and as soon as he turned the lights on, he heard running/scattering on the side of our house.

Then once inside he said he heard an odd breathing sound. Then came into bed around 4a.m.


Comment: Does it seem slightly strange to anyone that after hearing an "odd breathing sound" he then went to bed? He didn't mention anything about searching for the source of the breathing sound. He seems very nonchalant about this strange event, as if it was nothing terribly concerning.


I was having an odd dream and woke instantly to my 21 month old son crying. I got up and checked on him because of how odd I felt from my dream (although I could not recall the dream) and how easily I woke to my son's cries.

I went and checked on him and he was holding his stuffed animal and staring up at me quite awake, but sat still. I kissed him and tucked him in again and let him be.

Then my husband told me about the odd things before he had gotten into bed earlier, and went to the bathroom.

I decided to look out side to the east...towards Magalia,Ca and saw what looked like a star coming towards our home. As soon as I realized that it was not normal it seemed to stop, then I wondered if maybe my brain was just flooded with melatonin; and as soon as that thought crossed my mind the star seemed to come towards my home again. I started getting quite scared and even got nauseous. And instantly knocked on the bathroom door to tell my husband.

He then looked out the window and said he saw a star. I looked again and the star seemed to be moving from side to side, kind of wavering around in the same area. My husband looked again and said it was probably a cloud passing over the star and that why it appeared to be moving.

I looked out the window again and the star was gone and there were grey clouds out in the sky but I wasn't sure if the clouds were where I had seen the star.