Time: Thursday, March 19th, 9:00 PM Location: Outside the El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon Last Thursday night at the Grand Canyon. I was there with my partner, my two boys, my parents, my sister and brother and their families. After I put the boys down for the night, my partner and I walked outside to check out the night sky. If you’ve ever been out there, you know there’s almost no light pollution, and the stars feel like you can reach out and grab them. My partner grew up outdoors and knows her constellations. She was pointing out stars, constellations, planets. We were sitting on a bench overlooking the expanse of the canyon, just taking it all in. That time of night it’s just a massive wall of darkness. As we were looking out toward the north rim, we started to notice a very bright light. At first, not unusual. There was plenty of air traffic, satellites, shooting stars throughout the night. But this light kept getting bigger. And closer. To the point where we both locked eyes on it and asked each other if we were seeing the same thing. It was unmistakable. Large. Bright. No blinking lights like you’d see on any aircraft. And it was far too low, just above the tree line on the other side of the canyon. Then it made a sudden maneuver straight up into the sky, to about the 10 o’clock position in our field of view. At that point we were watching what appeared to be three lights in a triangular formation, almost like a constellation, but they were pulsating. And then they started moving. In ways that were just not natural. We were both nearly yelling at each other asking if we were seeing this. We were. Over the next 20 minutes or so, these bright white lights were shifting in size, shape, and location. At any given moment there were anywhere from 2 to 7 or 8 of them, zipping in every direction, fast, sharp, unnatural movements. And then they’d go completely still. Almost glowing. And then fade out entirely. Then one or several would reappear somewhere else. There was also a light that kept appearing closer to the ridgeline, bright red, then shifting to white, then moving high up into the sky. After about 20 minutes we texted my brother and sister-in-law and told them they needed to come outside. Of course, by the time they got there, it was over. Neither my partner nor I have been able to shake it since we left. I’ll also say this, and I know how it sounds, but the lights started at the exact moment my partner and I were having a very quiet, emotional moment together, telling each other how much we love each other. And they disappeared the moment my brother and sister-in-law walked out. That felt like more than coincidence to me. From what I can tell, there’s nothing on the other side of that rim that would explain this. It’s remote. And the movements ruled out anything on the ground. Many of the lights started low near the tree line and then zipped high into the sky. The speed and the direction changes were like nothing I can explain. First time posting here. Has anyone else had a sighting like this? Anything near the Grand Canyon or around the El Tovar Hotel? Would love to hear from you. submitted by /u/FletcherOaks [link] [comments]