The witness had been backpacking through the Persian desert and had pitched a tent at a tiny oasis by a sand dune. A strange sound coming from outside awakened her. It seemed to be coming from behind a nearby sand dune. She walked over to the dune and encountered a human looking woman dressed in a close fitting one piece silvery gray coverall. The woman was operating a hand held digging machine that was throwing sand in a plume. The witness also noticed a large hovering circular metallic craft that was very close to the ground. She asked the woman what was she doing and was told that she was looking for "something" that had fallen in the area. The woman found a strange spiral shaped cylinder, which she floated into the hovering craft. She then briefly talked to the witness then boarded the hovering craft, which rose straight up then left at high speed.

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