Background for the picture ufo.jpg:

This was taken in the summer of 1999.  We were traveling across the Mojave Desert miles away from anything besides the occasional white rocks that mark the edge of the military area (no fence, but you know not to cross that line).  We stopped near a bush on a small rise to get a drink and were facing west.  A plane like nothing we'd ever seen before came from the north, turned in a steep bank just before crossing the white boarder and started coming right at us.  When it banked we got a clear view of the plane, triangular, no tail.  It was being followed by a small chase plane.  I turned on my digital camera and was able to take that picture as they flew past us.  There was almost no noise other than the chase plane and as you can see in the picture, they were almost level with us.  We were worried that they'd seen us and that there would be a military vehicle showing up at any moment.  We covered the last 10 miles or so to the nearest highway and tried to look like just another car driving north.  Nobody stopped us, so we assume that the bush we had stopped by had blocked us from their view (it was in just about the right position).

So, there you have it.  I assume this was some sort of stealth fighter being tested, but I have no idea what model.

Jerry Durand
www.interstellar.com