Close Encounter on I-105

The following was forwarded by the witness a few days ago:

I've told this story many times and no one every believes that what I say is what I KNOW I saw. Let's start off with me answering what is always asked after the story. NO, I was not drinking, on drugs or sleep deprived. Let me also state that I was not the only one in the vehicle at the time, my boyfriend at the time and our daughter we're also in the car and witnessed exactly what I'm about to tell you.

This happened about 3 years ago - we were traveling on the 110N merging onto the 105E. Now anyone living in California traveling on these freeways will tell you that it's very common to see airplanes. Well, we were on the turn slowing down to make a stop at the light that's on the ramp (it's suppose to help control traffic merging) and as we're making the turn I see an airplane that has the landing gear down - it is a huge plane (I know what your thinking!). It was not the normal size airplane coming into LAX. I point it out to my boyfriend and ask "Do you see that?" he replies "is it coming for landing on the freeway?!" Then we notice it's not moving! So now we're confused.

I start looking around to see if anyone else is noticing this. No one appears to be seeing the same thing. So back and forth we're saying "you see that, right!?" "why is it not moving?" "can you hear it?" my daughter starts saying "I can see" "where are the people?" That's when we notice the landing gear is down and there's no one in the windows (this is how close it is, we can see into the windows), you can't hear a thing (if you have been anywhere near an airport, you always hear something) and IT'S NOT MOVING! As if it were hovering but you couldn't even notice it moving up/down or a slight wiggle. I continue driving and we pass it, now I can't see it any longer but my boyfriend and my daughter are looking through the back window stating that it's still there and has not moved. I keep trying to move my rear view mirror but it's no where in sight! So I keep asking "are you sure you can still see it?" they state "yes, it's huge, how do you not see it?"

This plane appeared to be getting ready to land on the freeway - that's how close to the ground it was. It was not moving, making any form of noise, had no identifying marks on it to tell which airline it belonged to, and you could not see anyone in the windows. If I didn't know any better I could of swore we were on the landing strip at an airport. I thought if anywhere, here is where I'd be believed or possibly hear of someone who witnessed this too. If you were heading east on the 105 you'd be facing the airplane. If you were headed west on the 105 you'd be seeing the back end of the plane and it would be so close you'd swear it was getting ready to land on you. But then you'd notice you were driving fast with it being in non-motion.

Now, I've lived in L.A. my whole life and have never witnessed an airplane that close with the exception of when I've dropped family off at the airport. This was around the time when you'd be able to stand at the window and wave goodbye. I've heard planes passing by and have been on the 405 freeway when planes were flying over coming into LAX and have NEVER been that close while in a CAR to an airplane. I mean this plane appeared to be 200 yards off the freeway as if getting ready to land on the road or the city next to the freeway. I know what I saw and everyone in the car with me knows what they saw too. Did anyone else witness this?

Thanks for listening,
May

NOTE: is this a case of a time-slip or seeing into another dimension? I have read and heard similar scenarios but never a huge airliner ready to land. Is this possibly connected to why people see spacecraft up close or a glimpse into why there are close encounters with other beings? Your thoughts...Lon

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Is It Haunted Or Not?

This past Saturday, I received the following unsolicited email:

I am an employee of the Pierpont Inn and I work either very early in the morning or very late in the evening. On days when I must open the hotel (at 6:00 a.m.) I find that the fireplace is not lit. I go to the back kitchen area and come back to the lobby and the fireplace is blazing. At first, it made my body bristle and cringe but then after a month, well, I got used to it. I just say, "Good morning Mattie" and begin my day.

Upon going upstairs into the staff offices I feel a high energy throughout. I hear strange noises and someone walking on the second level when I am up there. Am I scared? No. I am interested and I end up speaking to the spirit entities. I feel it's Mattie. I have not felt the spirits of Josephine Pierpont but I know that Mattie is alive and thriving within the confines of this hotel. Also, there is a male spirit entity of whom I have yet to encounter but I know he is there as I hear his footsteps every single time I go upstairs. It is not Mattie and it is not Josephine. I do know he is male. I will say that I feel these spirit entities throughout the hotel. I do not fear them because I only fear humans that are alive in the physical sense as they are the ones who can cause us physical harm. I believe Mattie is here because she loved this place and she just wants the guests and employees to love this place too. My aunt who is 83 years of age stayed here a month ago stated that she saw a spirit entity. My aunt's name is Maggie and I told her it must be Mattie saying hello to her since their names are a bit alike. My aunt believes Mattie told her hi.

I will report any experiences with you as my work life here permits.

This email was sent by a supposed employee at the Pierpont Inn and Spa in Ventura, California. The email address was clearly sent through the hotel administration account. I simple responded by stating that I appreciated the information and would welcome any updates.

The next day, I received the following email:

To whom it may concern,
This employee is pulling your chain, this hotel does not have mysterious happenings EVER, EVER, Please pay no attention to these rumors. It seems that when a hotel reaches a certain historical time in its wonderful life people get carried away with rumors of haunting, etc. THIS HISTORICAL SITE IS NOT HAUNTED!!!!!!! Please do not send any other e-mails so the employees can have fun furthering these rumors.

(Redacted)
General Manager
Pierpont Inn & Spa

Well...now I was curious. I had known the reputation of the hotel because I had previously posted about the paranormal activity. In fact, the Los Angeles Paranormal Association, a group of which I have a lot of respect, had previously investigated the property in 2009. Here is a link to the investigation - A Century Worth of Hauntings at the Pierpont Inn. Four months after the LAPA investigation, the following article was written in The California Chronicle:

As new owners begin renovations at historic Southern California 99-year old Pierpont Inn, paranormal encounters and activity more frequent.

Whether you share a fancy for paranormal sightings or want to escape into a vortex of relaxation at this historic inn on the bluff, The Pierpont Inn has something for everyone, both in this world and in alternate realms.

A Ventura landmark for more than 99 years, the rare, historic Arts and Crafts inn was built by Josephine Pierpont-Ginn in 1910 and purchased by Mattie Vickers Gleichman in 1928. The third woman owner, Grace Ahn, purchased The Pierpont Inn in May 2009.

Since new owners and ongoing restoration and construction on the grounds began in May, employees and management of the Inn are experiencing first-hand what they may have only heard about before.

Ventura County ghost expert, witness, writer and paranormal specialist Richard Senate has hosted many ghost tours at The Pierpont Inn in the past, a hotbed for spiritual encounters.

"I have come to believe that the City of Ventura is one of the most haunted cities in America," Senate says. "The Pierpont Inn is no exception."

Yes, The Pierpont Inn is haunted. There are ghosts in its 99-year old attic, which are now staff offices, as well as banquet halls, grounds and one guest room in particular where the top comforter is always found folded at the end of the bed (Room 603). In the Camulos dining room inside the Vickers´s Estate – once the residence of Gus and Mattie Vickers when they owned The Pierpont Inn – lights flicker on and off.

Marcia Santilli, the Inn´s director of catering has her own recent experience to share. Upon leaving her office recently, Santilli locked the door, double-checking to make sure it was pulled tight, and walked towards Nadine Goodwin, catering manager. In a matter of seconds the door had unlocked and flung wide open, slamming against the office wall. The pair stared, stunned.

Since the owners have completed many renovations and upgrades to the property, hired new staff, added new appointments and updated guest rooms, many on the hotel staff believe the spirits that call The Pierpont Inn home seem to be responding to the bustle of activity.

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I wrote back to the General Manager and asked..."you're telling me, in light of these articles, there have never been any hauntings at this location?"

A few hours later I received the following email:

That is exactly what I am telling you, a few years ago some advertising agency decided it would be a great advertising campaign for the inn. The inn is absolutely not haunted period end of story!!!!!!!

(Redacted)
General Manager
Pierpont Inn & Spa

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In the hotel website they stress "serene, soothing and peaceful". I looked at a few of the customer comments and came away with what I feel is the real reason why the management is now saying that there have never been hauntings at the Pierpont Inn....for example:

9/28/2010 - "Poor customer service. Reservations were lost. Guests were told that rooms were haunted when they checked in. Guests were accidentally billed when the rooms had been prepaid by me. I live locally. I made a personal visit to deal with the lost reservation. I had to make a second visit to deal with the double billing. I was told the rooms would be comped due to all the hassle. I called the interim manager today who told me they can not comp my room so I need to place the payment in dispute with my credit card company. Not once did the manager offer any apology for this situation. The hotel needs to train their staff and management if they want to get repeat business and referrals."

I guess it's possible that I'll receive further updates. I guess it's even possible that all the paranormal activity reports over the past century were bogus. What do you think?

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Small UFO Approached Bedroom Window

I received this email from a reader seeking information on a close encounter they experienced at home:

Back in the fall of 2009 I had a good streak in videotaping UFOs in a section of the city called Korea Town a few minutes away from downtown L.A. I had constant sightings even when I had no video camera with me they were every where. Some glimmered as they spun way up in the sky. It was a curious sight and these flying objects came in strange shapes. Some of these objects moved slowly and some even moved like birds, small, round and fast. Some looked like liquid silver plasma, some looked like white eggs. Some were dark and flat in shade with no reflection almost like soot. But what impressed me the most about these UFOs was the audacity of being visible in broad daylight. These objects would stay motionless for hours. So much so that I would call my friends to come over and witness these things with their own eyes. A few of my friends were very skeptical so I had to convince them by proving that these things existed and it wasn't just an over active imagination. Nevertheless when they saw these UFOs they scratched their heads and tried debunking them by stating that they were balloons, objects picked up by the wind, I even expected to hear the swamp gas theory, but I knew better. I had observed these objects for hours and even days to know these were intelligent in nature. These "Balloons" were driven by power and had awareness. Balloons float way with the wind and just go with the flow. Not these silver orbs. No wind could move these. They would also float against the wind and even speed up and vanish into thin air.

I would record them from my own bedroom window which is on the second floor of a building facing the Hollywood mountains. After a while I even started thinking they were purposely entertaining me. It sounds strange but somehow I felt some small connection to these familiar craft, drones, UFOs or what ever they may be. One night I went to bed early but I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned but no matter what I did I just could not get any comfort. I slept with my windows open and the curtains clipped closed so that I can constantly keep a look out for anything interesting. That night was dead. Nothing flying except for helicopters and little Cessnas. I gave up around 1:30 in the morning and called it a night. I finally started getting drowsy and fell asleep only to wake up around 4:40 AM and take a urinary break. As I walked back to my room from the restroom I had a habit of always peeking out the window before I would lay in bed again and was shocked to be face to face with what looked like a dark black oblong hovering object almost like the size of a football except a little bigger and wider. This little craft was completely silent. I wasn't scared, but a little cautious. I walked slowly closer to my window and this craft did not move, it was dark outside but I was able to make out a slight dark burgundy copper like shine to it's surface and lines on it's side. It looked machine like, glossy and black. The whole sighting lasted about less than a minute. I was excited but motionless because I did not want to startle the thing. I would say this encounter lasted about maybe 30 seconds before it smoothly and super silently floated away to the right of my window and disappeared into the darkness.

It was a little eerie. It was quiet in the city this particular morning. A little too quiet. I do remember when it vanished into the darkness how the street lights flickered off. I was awe struck and amazed and quite baffled by this event. Ever since then I think about that encounter constantly and what this object was. Quite possibly it was some type of drone like spy craft. The question in my head is who sent it? Does it have anything to do with me recording these daytime craft? Is it Earthly? Or a visitor from outer space? Does our government have technology like this? These questions might never get answered but who ever it was, we were face to face and know of each others existence. I regret not having a camera ready, but I don't think I would have been able to move fast enough to catch a snap shot of it anyway. I was curiously drawn to its essence so much that I didn't try to find a camera. I just wanted to see how close I could get and maybe even communicate with it. What ever it was, it gave me the honor to be close enough (maybe about 3 feet apart) to view it. That thought is superimposed in my mind as one of the strangest things that has ever happened to me and I do have a few.

Thanks for letting me tell this story to your fans Lon. I hope that maybe someone else has had a similar experience and would like to open up and share their story on your website.

Happy New Years 2011 to you and the whole Phantoms and Monsters folk out there. Keep looking up to those skies, you just never know who's up there looking down on you. Camda

(Posted are photographs taken of the view from the reader's bedroom window)