I've been going to Contact in the Desert almost every year since the first one came to Joshua Tree in 2014, where I lived for many years. The early Contacts were more Ancient Aliens roadshows – I was in super-fan heaven! In fact, I was a reporter for the local papers and got to cover it with press access. Moving “down the hill” a few years later, I found Contact was in my new Coachella Valley 'hood. While there were still some well-known TV “stars” (Ben Hansen, Marc D'Antonio, Daniel Sheehan,...

Time: March 19, 2026. Time: 8:07pm Location: Indio, California Going West to East. *** Repost with corrections *** Tonight, while taking out the trash in the Coachella Valley desert, I noticed the sky was unusually dark. As I admired the stars, I spotted a plane flying above my home. What caught my attention was a smaller orb of light on the left side of the plane. The plane’s blinking lights were visible, and next to it was a small orb without any blinking lights. Initially, I saw it with my...