Jan-2000,
Victoria: (11:00 pm)
Witnesses
Brian & Darren were watching two clouds travelling SW
- SE towards Victoria when they observed a very large triangular
object with a light in each corner. This remained above them
for a period of ten minutes. Brian said, "what if the lights
went out?" Within one minute they did! Then they saw three
"clouds" assemble into a huge saucer that appeared to be concealing
something inside. It later took off. Total viewing time three
hours. Despite it being very cold with snow on the ground
they stood their ground during this time. Darren is a professional
photographer and took three pictures.
2-Jan-2000,
Steveston: (early am)
A
woman was returning to her bedroom after going to the bathroom
when she saw a "craft" through her north-facing window. It
had rotating perimeter lights and was approaching fast! Suddenly
the craft reversed direction and receded from her. She then
saw a spiralling cone-shaped light. Total viewing time was
only a few seconds. She initially thought it might be a helicopter,
but realized there had been no sound.
2-Jan-2000,
Mission: (1:15 am)
While
travelling from an outside shed back to his trailer home,
the witness was amazed to see a silver, saucer-shaped object
hovering outside his bedroom window! It was 1 � times the
length of a panel van and 1 � times the height. The craft
was stationary with no sound. It had dull white lights circling
its perimeter. Through a large vertical window in the craft,
the witness could see a man in coveralls looking back at him.
The man had a slight grin on his face but did not look in
any way unusual. The interior of the craft was pinkish. There
was a sudden flash of light and the craft was gone! While
returning home from work, the son of the witness said he saw
a flash in the sky around 1:30 am.
4-Jan-2000,
Mission: (2:30 � 7:30 am)
Four
people witnessed "hundreds" of lights moving around in the
sky over Ruskin Dam (looking north), including some large
red ones that appeared to expand, then split into three.
4-Jan-2000,
Mission: (6:30 � 7:15 am) (neighbours of 4 witnesses above)
A
man and his cousin watched lights moving around the sky over
Ruskin Dam. The cousin was a confirmed skeptic until he saw
these lights.
5-Jan-2000,
Mission: (6:30 pm)
Three
ladies watched several anomalous lights performing erratic
movements over the Ruskin Dam. They watched the lights for
an extended period of time. Later that evening, around 8:00
pm, one of the women briefly saw a "ball of light" over the
distant trees.
7-Jan-2000,
Mission: (7:30 pm)
A woman
watched a large red ball in the northern sky for about 30
seconds.
13-Jan-2000,
Gibsons: (2:00 pm)
A man
was driving from Gibsons to Roberts Creek when he spotted
a black circular object below the clouds that seemed to be
moving at the same speed and direction as he was. The "craft"
appeared to be twirling as it proceeded through the sky. He
had it in view for about two minutes before it was lost to
sight.
15-Jan-2000,
Kelowna: (1:53 pm)
Three
adults were travelling in their car when they spotted a metallic,
reddish disc in the southwestern sky. They stopped the car
and watched the object for about two minutes as it travelled
northward. There was no noise and no contrail. They estimated
that it was about 1 kilometre away and about twice the size
of a 747 aircraft.
17-Jan-2000,
Burnaby: (11:15 pm)
The witness
was outside his basement apartment when he noticed a cigar-shaped
object with rotating, flashing red, green, blue and white
lights on its perimeter. The object was stationary and a distant
throbbing noise (like a stationary diesel train) could be
heard. The object was southwest of the witness and possibly
located over Deer Lake. He estimated that it was only 5 feet
in length. The man gathered another 4 witnesses and they continued
to watch the object for another twenty minutes. At the end
of that time it "vanished" as if a light switch had been turned
off.
20-Jan-2000,
Kelowna: (9:50 pm)
Three
witnesses watched an orange/yellow object travelling south
to north below the clouds. Because it seemed to be "throwing
off sparks", they thought it was a plane on fire and phoned
911. They watched for another 5 minutes as the object faded
from bright to dim. No noise could be heard.
30-Jan-2000,
Mission: (early am)
A man
and a woman drove up to Springvale, an elevated position near
Rowley Lake, with the intention of video taping strange lights
that they had seen on previous nights. For a period of 2 hours
they filmed a variety of anomalous lights that varied in size,
shape and luminousity. Although the witnesses described vivid
reds ("fireballs") and metallic sheens with accompanying brilliant
blues, the camcorder recording was much less spectacular.
The tape did show unusual lights, but nothing conclusive.
19-Feb-2000,
Surrey: (10:15 am)
The witness
was a passenger in a car travelling south on Highway 99 to
Crescent Beach when he spotted a highly reflective, round
object moving at a steady speed in a southeast to northwest
direction. The object was at a considerable altitude, but
easily seen in the clear blue sky. After 2 minutes of observation,
the object suddenly disappeared. The witness assumes that
if it had been an aicraft that had turned, thereby eliminating
its reflective state, he should at least have been able to
see a dark outline in the sky. He could not.
19-Feb-2000,
Mission: (11:45 pm)
A man
and his wife were travelling east on the Lougheed Highway
when the man suddenly spotted a bright "greenish" object moving
in a downward motion over Stave Lake(?). He yelled, "Wow!
Look at that!". His wife had time to look up and also see
it. They reckoned that the viewing time was 2 to 3 seconds.
The sky was covered with low cloud.
February/March
2000, Richmond: (11:30 pm)
"Sky was dark, no moon.
I went out for a cigarette. I always look at the stars when
I am outside. As I was looking, I saw a very dark object,
moving from east to west. If I did not have better than 20/20
vision, I would have missed it, as it almost blended in with
the black sky. I estimate it to be moving at around 100 kph
and at an altitude of about 500 feet. It made no sound, and
being a star and airplane buff, it was not an airplane. It
had no marker lights, strobes or any lights at all. It seemed
to have no landing gear visible, and no exhaust ports or jets.
It was very quiet, dark. The shape was like a boomerang as
it passed overhead. As it continued away from me, I could
just make out a shape from behind. The first thing I thought
of when I saw the shape was squashed pearls. If you picture
a string of 4 black pearls on a table in a straight line,
then you bend the string in the middle so that 2 pearls are
on one side of the wing, and 2 pearls down the other side.
Then you squish the pearls down until they are oval-shaped."
"Basically, it looked similar to the stealth bomber. It looked
like a black boomerang with 4 bumps on it. It was traveling
East to West, then right before I lost sight of it behind
a building, it did a quick bank to the right and straightened
heading North West."
"Immediately after seeing this, I ran upstairs told my wife,
and called the media and asked if there were any other reportings.
They told me there weren't any reportings, but took my name
and number down and said they will contact me if anyone else
reports anything."

7-Mar-2000,
Burnaby: (11:00 pm)
The witness
was outside his residence when a sudden wind came up. As it
did so, a large ball of beautiful purple light "appeared"
in the sky. No sound accompanied it. The ball appeared to
be about 5 feet in diameter. As he watched, another man approached,
stopped and joined him in his observations. The light drifted
slowly towards Deer Lake (southward) and out of sight. Total
viewing time was between 3 and 5 minutes. As soon as the object
was lost from sight, the wind stopped!
16-Mar-2000,
Corbow Hill (near Duncan):
The
witness was at Corbow Hill, south of Duncan on Vancouver Island,
when he saw a light travelling south to northwest in the clear
night sky. He watched it for 15 to 20 seconds. It was a white
light pulsating with varying degrees of intensity. It seemed
to be extremely high, but moving too fast for a satellite.
Behind the light was a red metallic yellow object. It appeared
to be gaining on the light when the light suddenly made a
90 degree turn, leaving a red tail behind it. The trailing
object then disappeared. The witness has a private pilot�s
license.
23-Mar-2000,
Quesnel: (8:05 � 8:23 pm)
The witness,
Brad, saw a globe-shaped object with a bright red lower half
silently moving north to northwest. It had a red flashing
light that reflected off the low cloud cover. He viewed it
with his binoculars and estimated that it was about 1 � miles
away, 800 feet above the ground and travelling about 60 �
70 miles per hour. It was eventually lost to sight in the
distance. It was also viewed by his wife and family.
29-Mar-2000,
Burnaby: (9:15 � 9:45 pm)
The
witness, his wife and mother-in-law were driving home (heading
southwest along Canada Way) when they spotted a brilliant
white "moon" over Hastings Street (north). This object was
surrounded by ten golf-ball-sized yellow lights (on its perimeter?).
As they drove home it seemed to follow them. On arriving home
they got out of the car to view the object. The witness stated
that it was making a noise like a locomotive. The sky was
clear with no moon in the sky.
17-Apr-2000,
Cranbrook: (11:00 am)
A
man and his wife were out shopping and spotted a white object,
stationary in the clear sky. Shortly after, a round black
"thing" was ejected from the object! This "craft" proceeded
to gyrate rapidly about the sky, moving first east to west,
then west to south. It completed a full circle in the five
minutes the couple watched it before returning to their shopping.
22-Apr-2000,
Surrey: (7:45 pm)
Five
boys, aged from 11 to 14, were playing soccer at the Cloverdale
Elementary School when one of them noticed a disc-shaped object
moving across the fairly clear sky in a east to west direction.
The object was fairly high and appeared to be white with a
black "circle" underneath. The craft had a tilting, bobbing
motion as took about 2 minutes to cross their field of vision.
It then climbed skyward at the same speed. No sound could
be heard from it
24-Apr-2000,
Langley: (10:14 pm)
The
witness was outside her residence smoking when she spotted
8 lights ("golden orbs") in a rough IV formation. The lights
were grouped in a 3-2-3 formation and moved in unison (attached?).
They made no noise and were in view approximately 2-3 seconds
before zipping off. There were no other witnesses.
28-Apr-2000,
Aldergrove: (10:00 pm)
"On
April 28th at approximately 10:00pm we were driving down 264th
and 16th Avenue in Aldergrove when all of a sudden out of
nowhere a bright blue light which was followed by a tail behind
it came flying through the sky. It was not a comet or a shooting
star because it was below the clouds. It then started to move
very fast across the sky, went about 500 feet, then vanished."
4-May-2000,
Kamloops: (8:15 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for this sighting.
"From
my porch I saw a triangular formation of 4 lights, 3 on the
corners of the triangle and 1 large light in the middle. It
hovered around a bit then flew in a circular motion, then
it disappeared."
6-May-2000,
Kamloops: (9:18 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for this sighting.
"Sitting
on the back porch of my house, when I saw this little light
in the sky that was moving around in circles. I was kind of
curious, so I pulled out some binoculars. I tried to get a
good look at it, but it was moving too much to really get
a good look. I was able to see that it was triangular-shaped.
Then it started to come closer, and I could see it had a light
on each side. It came really close hovering about 100 feet
above the ground. It hovered for quite a while. I sat there
staring at it with my mouth open. Then all of a sudden, this
giant white light in the middle came on, lighting up everything,
nearly blinding me. I blinked a couple times, then it was
gone."
8-May-2000,
Kamloops: (9:05 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for this sighting.
Three
people watched a large triangular object hovering in the mountains
about 6 kilometres away. After about 5 minutes it separated
into 4 more craft, each triangular with lights on each side
and a big one in the middle. After a few minutes they combined
into one and shot off into the sky and disappeared.
Mid-May-2000,
Vancouver: (11:35 pm)
"I
was finishing a half hour jog and came to rest on the steps
of an apartment building in the 1600 block of West 11th Avenue
to cool off and catch my breath. I was facing north and it
was a semi clear night with lots of small clouds. As I was
ready to get up and head home I noticed something which I
thought was clouds moving above a taller apartment building.
I realized what I was looking at was not clouds but a craft
of some sorts. I became terrified when I could not identify
it, and was able to continue viewing it as it nearly flew
above me. It was traveling south (up Pine Street) and low
to the ground (1000 feet) no sound, with a smooth fast flight
path. As it disappeared from my sight (the apartment buildings
blocked my vision from it), an intense fear over came me and
I ran very fast to my apartment (near by)."
"I had
dismissed the sighting as perhaps a hang-glider. When telling
this to friends and family, they say that a hang glider would
be unlikely. (what are the likely chances of some one hang
gliding or gliding over that area that time of night?) When
reading a recent sighting on your site, "2000 - Boomerang-shaped
Craft Over North Vancouver" It re-created the experience for
me, and every description in that article, along with the
date and time is too close for comfort to forget about."
15-May-2000,
North Vancouver: (10:50 pm)
Two
amateur astronomers were out stargazing on the roof of an
apartment building when they spotted a large, dark, boomerang-shaped
craft. Seven trianglular shapes could be made out on the bottom
of the craft; one in the front and three down each side. The
object travelled silently from east to west. Total viewing
time was less than 10 seconds.
18-May-2000,
Sorrento: (between 10:30 and 11:00 pm)
A
man out walking his dog saw a spherical object about 1 � to
2 feet across and 1 to 1 � feet high. A band around the middle,
about 6 inches high, was glowing orange/red.
3-Jun-2000,
Whistler: (00:30 am)
The witness
observed an orange ball just over the mountain tops that was
going on and off at approximately one second intervals. It
was moving on a steady linear course with no erratic movement.
The sky was clear, no sound could be detected and the object
was in view for one minute. The light was travelling southwest
to southeast.
8-Jun-2000,
Vancouver: (11:45 am)
The witness,
Kevin, spotted in the northern sky a white ball that appeared
to be at a considerable height and was moving in an erratic
manner (up, down, left, right). It was the size of the tip
of his little finger, held at arm�s length. He brought the
object to the attention of his neighbour, who confirmed its
unusual nature. Kevin turned from the window to try to obtain
an additional witness, but when he returned the object was
gone. Total viewing time was about 30 seconds.
8-Jun-2000,
Kelowna: (10:15 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for this sighting.
The witness
was outside having a smoke, watching for the Northern Lights
due to solar flares announced on TV. The witness noticed at
10:15 PM a satellite trekking along in orbit. The witness
states, " I watched for about 5 seconds when the small bright
light, no brighter than any other object in orbit, flared
a very bright, roundish, white light for one brief second.
After the flare diminished, I noticed that the object had
changed direction by approximately 30 degrees. It was now
moving out of orbit and appeared to be going higher. As the
object increased its speed in that flash and was moving at
a new constant speed. As it was moving on the new direction,
it was progressively going from the small bright light (1
- 2 millimeters across) to a smaller and less bright state
until it could no longer be seen. I noticed it while facing
west, looking upwards at 70 degrees ascension. So far as I
know anything we have that 'leaves orbit' requires several
seconds of 'burn' before it can reach the speeds needed to
totally overcome earth's gravity."
12-Jun-2000,
Burnaby: (10:00 pm)
A couple
was returning home from Horizons Restaurant on Burnaby Mountain
when they felt as if they were being followed. There was nobody
behind or in front of their Harley Davidson. Then they were
surrounded by "a loud very unearthly kind of electrical sound"
that became very loud. It came in three waves that lasted
a total of 30 to 40 seconds. They also saw an extremely bright
ball of white light travelling at tree height above them.
The light was "like a small white sun". The driver geared
down to a safe speed to take a good look, but when they turned
around both the light and sound were gone.
16-June-2000,Fort
St. John: (1:00 am)
A
man in the vicinity of 89th Street and 88th Avenue witnessed
a �silver-grayish ball� larger than a satellite moving high
through the sky. The ball had a �really, really� bright yellow
light or glow around it. The size of the glow was about one-fifth
the size of the full moon. There was no tail or debris
left behind the object such as one would see behind a meteor.
The light dimmed for 3 to 4 seconds and then returned to its
initial brightness. It traveled in a straight line and was
visible for about 45 seconds. The man was familiar with what
satellites looked like. This was different. It was much too
large and bright for it to be a satellite. The man found the
event �very disturbing, I stopped breathing and could feel
the pulse in my hands� he said. He lost sight of the object
behind a bank of cloud. The object was viewed against a clear
portion of the sky with a starry background.
End of
June-2000, Richmond: (2:00 pm)
The witness
and a male companion were travelling south along Garden City
in Richmond when they spotted a shiny gray disc-shaped object
travelling SouthWest. The sky was clear. Initially they thought
it was an approaching aircraft but soon changed their minds.
It quickly disappeared from sight. They could not attempt
to estimate the object's height. It was in view for probably
no more than 2-3 seconds.
07-Jul-2000,
White Rock BC: (09:30 pm)
This took place about 20-30 minutes before a summer thunderstorm
formed in the distance, between Semiahmoo Bay and Birch Bay,
Washington State, which we could see from our vantage point
over Semiahmoo Bay in White Rock.
Anyways, as my cousin and I watched the storm clouds form
during this warm, clear summer evening (I always found this
fascinating having studied geography for the longest time),
we were having dinner out on the deck, which faces south and
overlooks the entire bay and can see the US -- it is only
maybe about 10 km away. I knew we were expecting a thunderstorm,
just looking at the cloud formations, but not the following:
From what we could see, a part of the horizon lit up a bright
sodium orange/yellow colour. (All of this happened within
1-2 seconds)... and a ball of bright orange/yellow shot up
out of the bay. It was immediately trailed by a bolt of what
looked like a jagged stream of lightning, but it, too was
orangey-yellow (the same colour as the ball). It was noiseless,
and less than 1 km away. This is not some kind of lightning
bolt, I'm sure. From what I know, normal lightning bolts simultaneously
strike the surface and attached to the clouds and are typically
blue.
This ball and bolt, on the other hand, visibly shot upwards
from the bay and into the clouds. It was no red sprite, blue
jet, any other type of weather phenomenon that I know of,
SCUD missile or distress flare (which have a smooth, trailing
stream and not a jagged bolt). Being a government officer
at the airport, I know what these look like. Anyways, it was
a clear, warm night aside from that storm cloud and many dozens
of beachgoers saw it happen and could not explain it either.
But it was pretty amazing.
Unfortunately, I could not get a picture, but I hope my thousand
words are worth as much as that picture. This lasted only
about 2 seconds
11-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (8:30 pm)
A man�s
daughter and her friend were lying on a trampoline when they
drew his attention to 3 black specks in the evening sky. Through
binoculars they were silvery in appearance with an oblong
dome on the top from which could be seen bright lights attached
(?). The bottoms of the craft were the shapes of perfect stars.
The trio continued to watch for a 30-minute period during
which time the three objects kept moving back and forth, but
stayed together. Finally the objects disappeared behind a
wispy pink cloud. Although the observers waited until the
cloud moved away, the objects were no longer to be seen. The
man kept watching the sky until 11:00 pm when he observed
a bright white light descend to the left of Mt. Seymour (west
side). He had it in view for only a few seconds.
14-Jul-2000,
Delta: (11:00 pm)
A woman
and her male companion, (a proclaimed skeptic) watched a "star"
flying behind, and slightly above, an airliner coming into
Vancouver on its final approach. Finally the object climbed
up into the sky and disappeared from sight. Total viewing
time 15 minutes.
14-Jul-2000,
Surrey: (11:30 pm)
The witness
was with two companions travelling west on #1 highway when
a bright light was observed moving from northeast to west;
it appeared to be crescent-shaped. Allowing for the car's
movement, the slowly moving bright white light seemed to stop
before moving forward again. It did not display any other
lights (i.e.) green or red. It was finally lost from view
as it moved in front and past the car. Total viewing time
3-5 minutes.
24-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (7:00 pm)
"Tonight
at around 7 pm (it was still daylight outside and sunny) I
decided to lie down on my bed and as I was gazing up to the
sky out my window I noticed what looked like a star moving.
The reason I say star is because if it was night time that
is how it would have looked. I thought nothing of it and just
thought it was a plane. As I moved my eyes to the right I
saw another and they were both moving to the right, but slowly.
I realized they weren't planes because there were no other
lights and they also slowed down and "hovered" in one spot
for quite some time. Then I noticed another one above the
two and saw they were in a triangle formation. The three lights
then started moving upwards together and then I spotted another
one below them, which followed them up into the clouds until
they all disappeared from my sight. It was very strange. I
had seen satellites in the sky before and planes and helicopters
and shooting stars. This however was clearly nothing of the
sort."
28-Jul-2000,
Maple Ridge: (11:59 pm)
A woman
looked out the bedroom window and noticed, above Golden Ears
Mountain, what appeared to be a fan set of spotlights shining
into the sky coming from behind the mountain. The lights changed
intensity but remained in the same position, unlike the Northern
lights. In addition, there appeared to be dark streaks that
were in front of the mountain. Her husband also briefly witnessed
the fan lights at about 12:33 when they both went to bed.
At approximately 3:00 she woke up and looked out the window.
The fan lights were gone.
29-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (3:30 pm)
The witness
and his mother watched a metallic orb travelling through a
clear sky at a fast pace when it was suddenly joined by a
second similar object; both were travelling in a northeasterly
direction. The two observers moved around to the other side
of the house to continue watching them but they were no longer
in sight! Total viewing time about 15 seconds.
Early
August-2000, Burnaby: (1:30 am)
"I was
at work on the nightshift in Burnaby and approximately 1:30
am I stepped outside for a cigarette. It was a beautiful clear
night, and I observed a satellite heading from the NE almost
directly overhead. About 2 minutes later I saw, at a high
altitude also, a similar light (no distinct shape) heading
NE, but at one point it seemed to flash/expand with a blue
circular light, and immediately, and I mean in an instant,
veered 90 degrees and headed North and slightly West. It was
the pulse-flash of blue colour and the immediate right angle
turn that was unexplainable."
August-2000,
Central Saanich: (9:00 pm)
Witness
saw 3 lights in a triangular formation travelling south towards
Victoria. They were solid unblinking yellowy white lights
without any tails, brighter than any other lights in the sky.
He believes they were individual objects flying in formation.
He lost sight of them when they went behind Bear Hill. No
sound was heard.
3-Aug-2000,
Duncan: (11:00 pm � 1:00 am)
The initial
sighting took place at Lake Road where five witnesses, whose
ages ranged from 16 to 20, watched two objects moving around
the sky in an erratic manner for a period of 30 minutes. These
"craft?" were travelling in a geometric pattern at considerable
speed. At 11:30 Sam and Kevin took their three companions
home. After that they relocated to Sunrise Road for a better
view, where they now discovered that more objects had arrived.
In all they counted fifteen. These craft were a variety of
colours ranging from flashing blue, red, green and orange.
The nearest one was oval in shape and had "arms� radiating
from each compass point with a white light attached to each
arm. The craft were dancing over Mount Provost and were to
be seen in a northwesterly direction. It was a clear night.
During the period of this lengthy (1� hrs) observation they
also saw ten large vivid flashes of light which were accompanied
by the arrival of a meteor-type object that appeared to "land"
in the same portion of the sky as these lights. At the same
time they felt very deep base type vibrations reverberate
through their bodies (sonic impact/concussion?) but, it should
be noted, heard no accompanying explosion. When they finally
departed at 1:00 the lights were still flying grid patterns
in the blink of an eye.
3-Aug-2000,
Coquitlam: (00:05 am)
The witness
saw a "huge" mass of "sparkling, diamond bright lights" moving
slowly towards her house at an estimated height of 100 feet.
She was looking south and the "object" was moving in a westerly
direction. She could not determine a structure behind the
large number of lights that appeared to be in three tiers.
She went to get her husband out of bed to also observe this
remarkable sight. They watched as it circled slowly behind
the house. She dashed into the kitchen to see it slowly disappear
behind a nearby apartment building. No noise could be detected
from it. No animals in the area were barking. Total viewing
2-3 minutes.
3-Aug-2000,
Delta: (7:40 am)
"I
was driving west on highway 10, north of the Boundary Bay
airport. The sky was absolutely clear with no clouds. I saw
a small propeller powered plane, heading west. It was probably
getting ready to land or had just taken off from the airport.
I suddenly noticed an object in the same part of the sky (from
my viewing perspective), as the airplane. At first I thought
it was a passenger jet flying at a considerable altitude higher
(and further away), than the propeller plane. The more I looked
at it, the more I thought that it did not look like a jet,
and it appeared to be hanging motionless in the sky (although
I was of course, moving west at about 80 km per hour). It
was quite light coloured (whitish), but I also thought it
had a bit of a silvery look to it. I did not see any winglike
features, but the object did not look round or ellipsoid.
Plus it did not really seem to have any distinct shadowed
area in its underside. I very much wanted to stop to get a
better look, but I didn't want to pull over on the narrow
highway shoulder, so I drove on to the Delta Community Hall
intersection (keeping an eye on the object as best as I safely
could while operating my vehicle) and drove north a short
distance, where I found a spot to pull over and stop. I got
out of my vehicle for a better look, but I could no longer
find the object in the sky. I thought it quite odd that it
had disappeared so fast, when it had not appeared to be moving
when I had observed it just a minute before.
My
best estimate of the object position would be that it was
probably at least 2000 feet elevation, (and quite possibly
a mile or two elevation) and appeared to be situated directly
above Boundary Bay, between White Rock and Point Roberts.
I would estimate that the object was probably at least five
metres across. It was situated in a SSW direction from my
viewing position, about 25 to 30 degrees above the horizon.
My estimate
on the objects height is partly based on the fact that it
had a far away and indistinct look (contour and edges obscured
by distance, no sharp outline, colour contrasts or shadow).
I probably observed it over a distance of about one half a
mile, without it changing significantly in direction, indicating
the object was potentially moving in a westerly direction
and close by (less than a mile away), or more likely, not
moving much in east/west direction and further away (which
matches perceived distance perception). A high flying jet,
moving directly away from my observing position and increasing
in elevation would explain the lack of movement. But this
would not account for its fairly sudden disappearance (although
the object seemed far away, it did not appear to be moving
away at a fast rate). The perceived shape of the object did
not match an end view of a jet, although unfortunately, I
never had a chance to get a really good look at it."
3-Aug-2000,
Lake Cowichan: (11:00 pm � 1:00 am)
"Tonight
August 3rd at 11pm to 1am to the direction of Lake Cowichan
myself and two other people witnessed reoccurring UFO sightings.
At first there was only one that we all saw and it moved in
a triangular pattern for about half of an hour moving fast
then slow but always in the same triangle shape. The object
was dim and then bright all of the sudden and repeated this
the entire time. Then we noticed along the horizon just above
the tops of the trees one more and then two, until we figure
we had seen about twelve or so. It was hard to count because
they moved so fast, almost dancing with each other, while
some still moved slow and still in a specific pattern. During
this time there were numerous shooting stars with a huge bright
flash just before you saw the star which felt as if it were
pulsing through you from the inside out, almost in segments
across the sky. Each shooting star that we saw went in the
exact direction and finished in the spot that we had just
seen the UFO in. The colours of the UFOs were red, green,
blue and orange, most had like a blue/green tracer that followed
it. There is no way that these were not UFOs in my mind. I
have never seen anything move in such sporadic directions
as these did, they could move across our entire field of vision
in a split second and then be right back were we first spotted
them, just as fast as they had moved away from that very spot."
4-Aug-2000,
Pitt Lake: (10:55 pm)
The witness
and two companions were occupying a cabin at Pitt Lake when
they spotted in the clear night sky a bright white light that
suddenly "appeared" without warning. Larger than any star
or satellite they had ever seen previously. The light appeared
in the southwest and travelled slowly and erratically to the
northwest before fading from sight. It did not disappear over
the mountain. Total observation time was 2-3 minutes. The
"object" appeared to be high in the sky.
5-Aug-2000,
Osprey Lake: (11:00 pm)
Bob
and seven friends were at Osprey Lake when at 23:00 they saw
4-5 red balls of light that pulsated from red to blue to white.
They appeared to be low down in the sky. No noise could be
detected. They watched the objects through a telescope until
00:30, a period of 1� hours before finally going indoors.
This lake is located near Princeton.
7-Aug-2000,
Powell River: (4:30 pm)
A woman
was on her sundeck looking westward towards Vancouver Island
when she observed a shiny ball-like object that seemed to
be reflecting sunlight. The object was at a great altitude
and appeared to be in the middle of the strait and was coming
towards Powell River at what appeared to be a normal speed
for a conventional aircraft. She watched it for about 1 to
2 minutes. At this point it appeared to be directly above
Harwood Island, which is about 10 miles from Powell River.
She could see it fairly clearly and was sure it was not a
normal aircraft. She called for her son to come out and have
a look. That was when it stopped, appeared to reverse its
course, climbed at an incredible speed and disappeared in
a matter of 3 to 5 seconds. It was gone before her son could
see it.
9-Aug-2000,
Cloverdale: (10:50 pm)
The witness
was outside the house when she suddenly saw a large white
oval light, "like a neon sign", appear seemingly quite low.
The "object" was visually the size of a small car! It was
travelling from east to west. It had no accompanying sound
and was in view for about 1 1/2 seconds, before disappearing
as mysteriously as it had arrived.
10-Aug-2000,
Langley: (9:00 pm)
The witness
stepped outside her daughter�s apartment in Maple Ridge and
was surprised to see a large bright orange circle hanging
low in the southern sky, over the nearby Fraser River. It
was making no detectable noise. The sky was overcast. After
remaining stationary for a period of two minutes it suddenly
blinked out.
10-Aug-2000,
Burnaby: (11:00 pm)
A woman
(31) saw from the bedroom window a very bright flashing light
that alternated red and white, at a very low altitude (i.e.
below the tops of the nearby trees). The residence is located
on Wayburn Drive behind B.C.I.T. and is a very quiet area,
but no sound could be heard, such as a helicopter would make.
Total viewing time 1 minute.
11-Aug-2000,
Vancouver: (1:40 � 2:30 am)
The witness
and three companions, whose ages ranged from 17-19, were lying
on their backs at a residence close to Central Park watching
the sky for the anticipated meteor shower. They observed a
"star" that moved left to right then up and down and seemingly
in large circles. It travelled from its original southwest
position to the west and then east. After watching the object�s
antics for a period of at least 45 minutes they then went
indoors. It was still in the sky at that time. The colour
of the object was white and it did not change colour during
the period of observation.
17-Aug-2000,
Proctor: (11:30 pm)
The witness
was at her computer when she suddenly noticed that her two
dogs woke up and wanted to go out (she presumed). Once asleep
they usually sleep through the night. On letting them out
she saw an object that was stationary and had red, blue and
green flickering lights around the top. Calling her partner
out they watched the object move up, down, left and right.
They were unable to detect any noise. But maybe the dogs had
detected a noise? The object was apparently near Proctor ferry
and over Kootenay Lake. After twenty minutes it headed off
and landed (?) on the nearby mountain top. Its lights went
out, came back on and then went out again. The witness added
that there have been lots of sightings in Proctor and over
Kootenay Lake.
19-Aug-2000,
Logan Lake: (11:00 pm)
The
two witnesses were in a public campground at Logan Lake, (near
Merritt) when they spotted a large "satellite" (?) moving
across the sky in an east to west direction. Then it stopped,
and for the next hour, whilst hovering, bounced around the
sky in an up and down and side to side manner. The object
was golden in colour. The two observers went to bed around
midnight. At about 01.00 Daryl once again looked out and the
light was closer to the horizon. It flashed a strobe on its
right side then left after 15 minutes, travelling from northwest
to southwest.
21-Aug-2000,
Kootenay Lake: (9:30 pm)
The witness
spotted a craft hovering over Kootenay Lake, below the mountain
tops. It was flashing red, white and blue lights, although
not always in that sequence. It was making no noise and was
observed for 1 hour. According to the witness reports also
came in from Wymar and Salmo observers.
21-Aug-2000,
Surrey: (10:50 pm)
The witness
was driving her truck along 96th Avenue in Surrey, heading
west towards Scott Road, (120th Street) when she suddenly
saw a bright light "appear" on her left, travelling quickly
at a low altitude (500-1000 feet?). She thought at first that
it was a plane about to crash. It was heading south to north
and had red and green lights on it. She had it in view for
no longer than 20 seconds before it disappeared from view
behind some trees. The night sky was perfectly clear. This
lady is quite familiar with the normal planes that follow
the flight path into Vancouver each and every day.
21-Aug-2000,
Shawnigan Lake: (10:52 pm)
"Tonight
we saw a spectacular fireball come down over the south Island,
seen from Shawnigan Lake BC. The fireball was some distance
to the west, over the hills, fairly close to the horizon.
It was visible longer than most shooting stars, maybe several
seconds, and at a relatively shallow angle of descent, travelling
south to north. The centre of the fireball was green, and
it left a bright, glowing yellow tail. At one point it flared
brightly as if it had partly exploded, and then several pieces
briefly glowed yellow as they fell. There was no sound that
we could hear. It remained visible from our vantage point
until it passed behind some trees. I'm assuming that it was
a meteor, and larger than most. If anything reached the ground,
I'd guess that it might be roughly somewhere in the vicinity
of Cowichan Lake, to the northwest of us."
21-Aug-2000,
Sechelt: (11:02 pm)
Driving
north along the Gibsons Highway, the witness suddenly saw
a green "fireball"/meteor (?) approaching from the south travelling
in a northerly direction. She estimated that the object was
in view for between 5-7 seconds. It appeared to have a "tail"
streaming from it. It seemed to "dissolve" into the distance.
A Vancouver radio station reported on the 22nd August that
a green fireball had been reported from Port Hardy and North
Vancouver.
21-Aug-2000,
White Rock: (11:59 pm)
The witness
looked out of her window around midnight and saw a bright
white diamond-shaped light travelling south to north. She
was looking west. As soon as she saw it a car alarm went off
across the street! She turned away from the window and next
she knew it was 1:00, it seems that she had somehow lost an
hour.
22-Aug-2000,
Proctor: (10:00 pm)
The
witness was at work in Proctor when she observed a big white
light over Cranbrook that gave off a very large flash. This
may have been some sort of signal as shortly afterwards two
smaller white lights just "appeared" and moved across the
sky to join the larger light. A second witness also saw the
flash.
28-Aug-2000, Poison
Mountain: (3:00 am)
The
above witnesses were prospecting at Poison Mountain, 57 miles
north west of Lillooet when they left their small tent trailer
to relieve themselves in the nearby bush. They were astonished
to see that a large patch of sky was lit up "like daylight".
It had the same appearance that one observes at either sunset
or sunrise. This was looking in an easterly direction. (What
time did the sun begin to rise that day?). Marvin estimates
this illumination was at least 100 miles across! All the surrounding
stars were very bright, but in addition they spotted what
seemed to be 8-10 moving lights. Due to the fact they were
only wearing shorts and the temperature was 20 degrees Fahrenheit
they only watched for about five minutes before returning
to bed, where they continued to shiver for the remainder of
the night. No sound accompanied this sighting.
2-Sep-2000, Delta:
(00:35 am)
Ralph
and his friend were on his deck watching the sky when they
first spotted what they assumed was a satellite, very high
and moving in a straight line across the sky from North to
South. A few seconds later it was joined ("just appeared")
by two other similar white, steady, lights. As they proceeded
across the sky in parallel lines, the two outside lights kept
zig-zagging back and forth, but still maintaining position
with the centre "craft?". The total viewing time in a clear
sky was about 30 seconds. The objects at no time changed colour
and simply moved out of view. No sound was heard.
16-Sep-2000, Nelson:
(10:30 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
A man
called to report that he had witnessed a "ball of fire" hovering
to the southeast of his position, over the Selkirk Mountains,
he estimated. Its apparent size was larger than that of a
star, although considerably smaller than the full moon. He
reported that he could see yellow, red, and orange flames
coming off the edge of it. The flames appeared to die after
about 30 seconds, and then the object disappeared from sight.
Approximately 30 seconds after the object had disappeared
from his sight, he saw a peculiar light streak across the
sky. It did not appear to be a meteor, he felt.
20-Sep-2000, Vancouver:
(9:29 pm)
At
about 9:10 pm, Alexandar noticed a white circling light over
the city, from his residence. Around 9:29 it was joined by
a similar light and shortly afterwards a third. For the next
five minutes these three lights followed each other in a tailing
manner - one behind the other. No sound was discernible during
the 50 minutes they were visible. After #2 & #3 left,
the remaining light morphed into a "fuzzy stick" shaped object.
Alexandar stated that the light was easily reflected off the
clouds but not to be seen in the open sky! (searchlights?)
He has not had any previous UFO experiences in either Russia
(his native country) or Canada, only read about them.
27-Sep-2000, Abbotsford:
(evening)
A friend
and I were sitting down on a bench near Bateman Park, down
the road from Clayburn village. We were watching the satellites
go by, and we noticed a very small, almost tiny sparking in
the sky. Initially we thought it was a plane in distress,
but once it swooped down very low and swiftly bolted back
up into the sky, we knew it was not a plane. It almost had
a glittering effect of blue, red and white. It did not look
like the lights of a plane. It was diving down behind the
mountains, and bolting back up again. We thought that the
only way we would believe what we saw was to call someone.
I phoned 104.9 Xfm. The DJ dismissed me as crazy, and went
on with the music. In the next few hours after that there
was approximately 6 or 7 others that had seen it.
27-Sep-2000, Abbotsford: (9:00
� 9:30 pm)
Greg and
Brady were working at a local Pizza outlet when they heard
reports on XFM radio that listeners were phoning in regarding
a UFO sighting, which some thought was a helicopter. The two
boys dashed outside and looking in a westerly direction could
clearly see a large red pulsating light located high in the
clear night sky. The light appeared to be stationary with
no detectable sound. After observing this light/object for
a period of about twelve seconds they returned to their pizza
work duties. In the boy�s opinion what they were looking at
was not a helicopter. Neither of the boys have had a previous
UFO sighting.
29-Sep-2000, Quesnel:
(9:00 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
"One object,
shape unseen. A group of lights circular in shape (5 in the
center 20 outside). Passing from west to east and then east
to west. When going west to east it was rotating in a clockwise
direction and on returning west was rotating anticlockwise.
Above the lower cloud level it was distorted and out of the
cloud it was sharp in definition as to the lights. All lights
were white but diffused in the clouded area. Slightly north
of my location but on its easterly extent it appeared to be
almost over the top of my house. This was observed by myself,
my wife and one guest leaving and another arriving. At first
glance I passed it off as the aurora borealis, but the rotation
and rythmic arc was not consistent with this. I tried to make
sense of it but the item appeared to be above cloud level
and not below it. I tried to think maybe it was a laser light
display, but the number of people that may have that equipment
in this town I think would be (0) zero. Also it appeared to
be above the cloud not under the cloud cover. This was observed
for 30 minutes continuously at first, then intermitently there
after. Altitude could not be established but it had to be
large (over two miles)diameter. I remember from the bible
a wheel inside of a wheel and that came to mind. This was
on Rosh Hashana according to the local radio station but I
am not religous."
2-Oct-2000, Surrey/Delta: (8:45
pm)
The witness
and four friends, (1 boy and 3 girls, all 16) were at Scott
Road & 90th Avenue when they spotted a blinking
red light that acted in an erratic manner. Without any discernible
noise it moved up and down, backwards and forwards, first
slowly then faster. They phoned XFM Radio at 104.9 who gave
them the UFO*BC reporting number. Altogether they watched
it for a period of 45 minutes before leaving their observation
location. It was still present when they left. The sky was
clear.
2-Oct-2000, Delta: (9:00 pm)
A student
(15) at Sands Junior Secondary School (Patrick) reported that
he had heard the XFM radio report (see previous sighting)
and went out to scan the sky. He claims to have observed a
boomerang-shaped craft that had a red light on each wing tip.
It moved slowly forward, then stopped, then climbed rapidly
away. Total viewing time about 1 minute.
3-Oct-2000, Surrey: (2:30 am)
Another
student (14) at Sands Junior Secondary School said that he
and his cousin witnessed a flashing red light while camping
out in their yard in South Surrey, for 15 seconds.
3-Oct-2000, Burnaby: (8:45
� 9:20 pm)
A witness
noticed a "bar of flashing lights" in the sky, slightly north
of west. It was about the size of a penny held at arm�s length,
with the ends brighter than the middle. There also appeared
to be a dimmer light slightly above the bar. The lights remained
relatively stationary, but slowly dimmed until, after about
40 minutes, they could no longer be seen.
4-Oct-2000, Vancouver: (7:35
am)
Cliff
was driving as a passenger along Marine Drive when he spotted
a rectangular white "cloud" travelling very fast west to east
moving towards the sun, at which point it seemingly vanished.
The driver was not able to confirm this observation. Total
viewing time 16 seconds.
10-Oct-2000, Victoria:
(7:30 am) - Thanks to NUFORC
"We were
working in the middle of a local elementary school field when
my partner notices this shiny craft high in the morning sky.
It was a shiny glowing silver cylinder. We watched this craft
travel on a straight path from horizon to horizon. It only
made a jet-like sound when it was overhead for about 10 seconds.
The sound started suddenly and ended suddenly. It did not
produce a vapor trail. It was on the flight path from Alaska
to Bangor Washington. We often see the U.S. fighters traveling
this path from base to base to base and they are easy to identify.
This cylinder had no identifying marks. Could this be a new
Air Forse spy plane? Is it possible to let me know if anybody
else knows anything about these cylinders?"
13-Oct-2000, Kelowna: (00:30
am)
"We were
sitting outside by the fire place and we heard a loud very
low rumbling. I am in a rural area and there is little traffic
and even fewer large trucks. I have never heard anything like
it before. Regardless, at the time we dismissed it as a truck
or something. About twenty minutes later, my friend pointed
to the sky and started freaking out and there it was. It appeared
to be round I couldn�t say how far away it was or how big
it was but it was zigging and zagging moving from west to
east. The color was changing from white to blue to red. And
we heard the low rumbling sound again once it was past us.
Although the rumbling and the colors are indicative of a plane
the sound of the rumbling and the motion of the object DEFINITELY
were not. I ran to the house to get my girlfriend to come
out and see it but by the time we returned my friend had lost
it in the horizon and it looked like a star or it disappeared
I'm not sure which.
13-Oct-2000,
Central Saanich BC: (8:00 pm)
A man and his wife saw 2 lights in the sky travelling west
to east at a good rate of speed. No noise was heard and the
lights were a steady yellow/white colour. After travelling
most of the visible sky, the lead light faded away, then the
second light faded away at the same location.
mid-October-2000,
North Vancouver: (midnight)
Two amateur
astronomers on a rooftop saw a steady bright light travelling
from south to north. It then "made an abrupt 90 degree turn
. . this happenned very fast and no noise, never breaking
its velocity!!!" The object was now headed towards the east
and quickly disappeared into the horizon. Total viewing time
about 10 seconds.
18-Oct-2000, Vernon:
(7:45 pm)
The
witness noticed from her balcony window a huge white light
with smaller white lights on its perimeter. The sky was black
and the object appeared to be stationary. She checked her
watch and noted that it then remained in its observed position
for a period of three minute before moving off towards Kelowna
in a West to South direction.
18-Oct-2000, Vancouver:
(8:45 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
"I was
looking at the stars from my deck, and suddenly it looked
like a curly orangy garland was floating above my head. Then
I realized that if it was a garland, I wouldn't see it (since
it was dark already) and even if I did, it would be moving
in the wind, whereas the shape of what I saw was completely
static. So I suddenly realized that I was seeing some flying
object, as it was advancing in the air very steadily (not
high speed at all), and it looked like I was seeing the back
of the object (nothing else showed). I could follow it for
maybe 20 or 30 seconds, and then the orangy glow slowly disappeared
as it moved further away towards the East. It was absolutely
silent and didn't seem very high in the sky (unless it is
a gigantic object). Had I not looked up at that very moment
(when the "garland" was vertically above me and the most visible)
, I probably wouldn't have noticed the object at all."
18-Oct-2000, Vancouver: (10:45
pm)
The witness,
Kate, retired fairly early in the evening. She was awoken
by the sound of a huge machine, apparently overhead that was
making a surging sound that lasted for seven minutes then
stopped, but did not recede! Equally interesting was the fact
that apparently all the neighbourhood dogs were barking at
something? Kate went outside when the noise again commenced
for another five minutes, but was unable to determine where
the loud noise was coming from. To her surprise she saw no
one else outside either looking up or around. She felt the
unexplained noise warranted further investigation. Once again
the noise stopped then shortly after recommenced for a final
five minutes. Kate originally thought it might be due to a
street cleaning machine, but quickly ruled that explanation
out due to the seemingly overhead location plus the fact the
noise never moved away. During this time the cloud level was
low, and it had rained. This lady lives roughly at 30th &
Blenheim, in the Dunbar area. Total experience was approximately
fifteen minutes.
(N.B.)
We had a similar "sky sound" report from a witness at Roberts
Creek, Sechelt, in either late September or early October.
21-Oct-2000, Coquitlam: (7:15
am)
The witness
was out walking his dog when he noticed a huge bright white
light in the western sky. He estimated it was about 4 kilometres
away at a possible altitude of 500 metres. No noise was discernible
from the object which he claims appeared to be larger than
a 747 aircraft. Nor did he notice any unusual reaction from
his dog. He noticed an aircraft approaching from the east.
The light which he had thought was approaching him suddenly
began to head south slowly gaining speed before it disappeared
from sight, seemingly gaining altitude as it moved away. The
sky was patchy blue with clouds. Total viewing time about
two minutes.
21-Oct-2000, Delta: (8:25 am)
The witness
was reading his paper when, glancing out of his living room
window, he observed a silver ball travelling SE - NW at possibly
20-30,000 feet. It was not on a "normal" flight path and was
moving far too quickly for a conventional aircraft. No appendages
were visible The sky was blue with a lot of clouds. The object
was seen only passing between and above the clouds. Total
sighting time 5-10 seconds.
2-Nov-2000, Burnaby: (11:20 pm)
The witness
went outside to put the garbage into the bin. He suddenly
heard a very loud "locomotive" type sound overhead and felt
compelled to look up. To his astonishment he perceived a thimble-shaped
object with a flat bottom. The object appeared to have a bright
top to it as well as orange, red, and yellow lights around
its perimeter. The underneath of the craft had a huge bright
white light,with a bluey, green neon type) light in the centre.
This white light felt warm to Roy, despite the cold night
air. During this time period the neighbours dogs were howling.
He could also feel the vibration within his body from this
"whirry", jet-like noise. The object proceeded to then demonstrate
its aerobatic abilities as it moved up and down and back and
forth, all within a relatively small area. All this being
accomplished at high speed. Visually the the craft was the
size of a dinner plate and at the approximate height of incoming
aircraft. (2000�?) The object suddenly left in the direction
of Canada Way, crossing over it. But it left no residual sound.
The noise it made accompanied it Roy stated that afterwards
he felt thirsty, nauseous, and his hands were "sunburnt?",
also his eyes felt "gritty". Prior to departure the object
stopped for about 30 seconds. Total observation time was 3-4
minutes.
13-Nov-2000, Whistler:
(6:15 pm)
The
witness was walking on the golf course when, over Sprout Mountain,
he saw a red/orange satellite far away, going up(?) he thought.
It continued to glide towards him on a west to east trajectory,
minus accompanying sound. It became super, super bright white
with a purple tinge. Its height "was that of a plane"(?) turning
back to red/orange, then super white again. "It was a million
times brighter than a spotlight". It made Reggie squint. The
light/object(?) continued to travel down the valley and was
lost from view in the distance. Total observation 2 - 3 minutes.
The sky was clear.
16-Nov-2000, North
Vancouver: (11:10 pm)
The
witness was out walking and had arrived at the junction of
Rosslyn Blvd. and Mount Seymour Parkway when he was astonished
to see a large white circular light pass over head in an east
to west direction. Jim estimated the object was at aproximately
500 feet and travelling at about 400 mph. (his calculations).
He estimates he had it in view for about 4-5 seconds before
it was lost to view behind some trees. No noise could be heard
from it. No dogs were barking in the area. Up to that point
he had been a skeptic. Suddenly he was converted!
Arriving
home he phoned Environment Canada, who told him they had received
3 - 4 reports! (same object, same day??) The next day he spoke
to David Dodge at the Vancouver Planetarium who stated that
he had received two reports of oblong-shaped lights, "probably
meteors"!? It was Dodge who gave him the UFO*BC Hotline number
to call.
21-Nov-2000, Prince
George: (8:30 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
"At
approx. 8:30pm I was standing on my steps having a cigarette
and looking up at the stars as it was a beautiful clear night.
I noticed a particularly bright star in the horizon and was
looking at it with awe, it started moving in an erratic pattern.
At first I thought it was a falling star or a dying one. I
continued watching it and it started moving toward me. I thought
I was seeing things so I closed my eyes for a few seconds,
when I opened them I couldn't believe what I was seeing it
was a triangular shaped flying device with a very bright light
that was sending sparks of light through it, it freaked me
out so I ran into the house. I thought I was just seeing things
at first and that my imagination was running away with me
but my daughter has also seen the object and described it
to me without knowing what my experience was."
21-Nov-2000, Prince
George: (8:30 pm) Thanks to NUFORC
"At
approx. 8:30pm I was standing on my steps having a cigarette
and looking up at the stars as it was a beautiful clear night.
I noticed a particularly bright star in the horizon and was
looking at it with awe, it started moving in a erratic pattern.
At first I thought it was a falling star or a dying one. I
continued watching it and it started moving toward me I thought
I was seeing things so I closed my eyes for a few seconds,
when I opened them I couldn't believe what I was seeing it
was a triangular shaped flying device with a very bright light
that was sending sparks of light through it, it freaked me
out so I ran into the house. I thought I was just seeing things
at first and that my imagination was running away with me
but my daughter has also seen the object and described it
to me without knowing what my experience was."
22-Nov-2000, Delta:
(8:30 am)
"I
was driving west on highway 99, just west of the highway 91
intersection. The time was just after 8:30 AM (the half hour
news was playing on the radio). The sky was clear with very
light and very high cirrus cloud cover in the southeast direction.
I looked out my window and noticed a very distinct, silvery
object that I initially thought was an airplane. It had a
cylindrical or cigar shaped body. Although the object was
distinct, I couldn't detect any wing or tail features in the
brief glances I made while trying to keep my eyes on the road
and traffic. The object looked like it was at least 1000 feet
or so above Boundary Bay (SSW of my position at about 40 degrees
above the horizon). It was aligned in approximately a north/south
alignment and seemed to be hovering or moving very slowly.
There was absolutely no vapor trail. I kept glancing back
at it trying to get a better view. On my third or fourth glance,
it suddenly disappeared - completely. One moment it was there,
the next it had vanished completely. I tried scanning the
sky repeatedly and could see nothing but blue sky. Then just
as suddenly, it was there again, in about the same part of
the sky I had seen it, less than a minute before. Again I
got two or three glances at it and just as suddenly as before,
it completely vanished. At this point I pulled my vehicle
to the shoulder and stopped my truck. I scanned the whole
sky and could find no aircraft. I kept waiting and scanning
but no object reappeared in the sky."
Dec-2000,
North Surrey:
I
heard there was going to be a meteor shower one night, so
I stuck my Video camera outside the window aimed towards the
SW. I didn't see any meteorites but did see several planes
on approach to the airport. I also picked up some kind of
flying object apparently following the Hydro lines up Nordel
Way and then making a hard left turn about Scott Road. It
almost looks like a flying car but the lights are too large
and vertically oblong-shaped. It appears to be about 500 ft.
altitude. I thought maybe it was a Helicopter as it was too
low for a plane and turned too sharp. I showed the tape to
a friend of mine, who is a Commercial Pilot, and he didn't
know what it was but says it's not a plane and he was pretty
sure it wasn't a Chopper. I misplaced the tape and hope I
didn't erase it.
13-Dec-00, Victoria:
(8:00 am)
"This
morning at 8 am while waiting for my bus to work I spotted
an unusual flying black object, oddly shaped with no visible
markings and producing no audible sound flying slowly from
east to west. The object caught my attention because of it's
usual undefined shape and it's oddly rotating movement. It's
movement is what caught my eye because it appeared to move
like an erratically spinning top when slowed down. The object
was a hand's length above the tree tops traveling slowly,
then picked up speed and ascended 90 degrees until I could
not see it any longer. I have never seen anything like it
in my life! The area I saw it was around the Gorge inlet in
Victoria, BC."