my wife and I were at a ranch late at night talking with friends about 4 or 5 miles from avenal , When we notice several small lights zig zagging around a large light in the clear night sky about 11 years ago close to where the avenal prison now is located,

We watched the lights for about 30 or 40 minutes, I had a weird feeling inside so we decided to get in our car and leave,  We drove about 1/2 mile down the dirt road and we were planning on turning left toward avenal when we spotted what looked like a ufo on the ground with flashing lights that seemed to flow around the object, 
I assumed it was a ufo so I headed toward the object with my high lights on at full speed to try and scare it to take off so we could see it shoot into space.  all of a sudden it looked like shawdows coming from the ship I assume they appeared like shawdows because the bright back lighting, 
I got shivers and was scared bad so I spun the car around in retreat and pushed the gas to the floor and released the gas a second later but it stuck to the floor  I reached down to release it manually and it just popped up, 
I turned around and there was no more ship  we arrived home shortly after since it was only a 5 minute drive but when we arrived home the clock showed two hours later than when we left.  And the next time we saw our friends that lived out there they didnt remember seeing any lights in the sky that night.
Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate.  PD