When I was in Civil Air Patrol in the 1980s, in Truckee California (Lake Tahoe) - we were doing marching exercises at our HQ at Truckee Airport, ~7PM or so...

When I was in Civil Air Patrol in the 1980s, in Truckee California (Lake Tahoe) - we were doing marching exercises at our HQ at Truckee Airport, ~7PM or so... We saw an object way off in the distance, on the other side of the mountain-line shoot straight up from behind the mountains. We stopped to watch it, and our Commander was a former mechanic on the SR-71, so we asked him what it was.... It was back-lit by a full moon at the time and perfectly clear skies. He mumbled "im not sure yet..." And within literally 2 seconds - the craft was hovering directly above us. It was the typical TR-3B type design, triangle with lights at the corners and one in the middle. However this thing was MASSIVE. It was larger than two of the Hangar rows at the airport, was hovering about 50 feet above us, 100% silent, and it slowly rotated a few degrees counter-clockwise as we watched it. Our Commander quickly ushered us inside "EVERYONE INSIDE NOW!" and we all scurried to get back to our office hangar... He would never speak of the incident. But to this day, I will never forget the image of that thing floating above us, and just how immense this thing was.