From the files of the Des Moines Remote Viewing Society.

Tom’s Notes:

July 23, 2017

We knew this day was coming. Brenda saw it. Dan received an anonymous tip from our FBI contact. I could feel it in my bones. Every thunderstorm carries a chance to bring them in.

A large thunderstorm rolled across the Midwest rapidly that night. Typical severe weather for Iowa- High winds, heavy rain, and lots of lightning. They love lightning. I can never tell if they have a scientific fascination or if they’re using it to fuel their craft. Whatever the reason, heat lightning tends to draw UFOs like a magnet.

I was watching the heat lightning off in the distance when I spotted the first orb. It wasn’t very big, but there it was, darting in and out of the largest thunderheads. It was moving too fast and too erratically to be ball lightning.

Ironically, it was a dark silhouette against the frequent bright flashes of light. Then there were three. A few flashes of lightning later and they had formed a triangular formation and were sort of dancing in a circle. Then they began to glow. My video camera went from full battery to dead in less then five minutes trying to get the whole thing on video.

Next, lightning arced from one to the next in a brilliant display. I tried recording them with my phone, but it had a dead battery, too. All I could do was watch. Less than a minute later, all three shot off into the clouds more suddenly than they came.

The lights came on shortly after they vanished. I uploaded what little footage I had to Dan’s website and archived the footage to a couple of USB drives, my standard operation procedure. I thought that was it, so I went to bed for a nap. Thank goodness it was my night off.

I kinda suspect Brenda knew what was going to happen next and just neglected to mention it, but I may never know. A little after 3:00AM there was a knock on my door. Two “men” about six feet tall wearing black suits and Fedoras from the 1940s were at my door. They were wearing some sort of tinted goggles despite the fact that it was dark. They said they knew I was in there and demanded they be let in to have a talk with me.

This wasn’t my first run-in with the Men In Black. I have seen them following me around before. This was the first time I had gotten to meet them in person. I let them in because I had lots of questions. Big mistake.

They insisted I hand over all of my footage including my laptop and all backup files or things would get ugly for me and anyone I care about. I keep a dummy laptop on my desk that I use for casual browsing on my desk in case thieves or the government comes snooping around. I gave them the laptop and an old thumb drive that had some UFO footage I cribbed from YouTube on it to go with the laptop.

They left, but not before showing me a gun and telling me I better shut up if I know what’s good for me. They mentioned more than once that they knew who all of my friends and family were and things would get real bad if I talked about anything I had seen tonight.

I keep my journal hidden away from the world and only release copies of certain encounters. I gave my video evidence to Dan for safekeeping. He took the footage off the site the next morning. Lewis may or may not have asked for the USB I gave to Dan. I may never knew.