About
10:50 pm on May 15, 2000, two friends, Pete and
Lui, were on the rooftop patio of Pete's
condominium building in North Vancouver. Although
viewing conditions weren't great (a full moon and
a lot of light pollution), they were taking
advantage of their schedules, and the clear
weather, to do a little skywatching. Lui was
scanning the skies with his new wide-angle
binoculars while Pete was making adjustments to
his telescope. Pete heard Lui call his name a
couple of times, but he didn't look up until he
heard Lui say, "What the Hell is that?". Luckily,
Pete was kneeling beside his telescope, about 10
feet south of Lui so that when he looked up he was
at the right angle to see the object. They both
saw a large boomerang-shaped craft in the northern
sky, travelling west. It was big, silent and
moving fast. Pete said that the first things that
caught his eye were the seven wide triangles - one
in the center and 3 down each side (see drawings).
The triangles were dim, not illuminated, and the
rest of the craft was "transparent black".
When
Pete first saw the object it was due north, about
45 degrees above the horizon, and was only in view
about 5 seconds before it disappeared behind the
roof of the condominium. Lui had originally seen
it further to the east, but estimates he viewed it
for less than 10 seconds. They agree that it was
about 1000 feet above the ground and width of 3
fingers held at arm's length. A rough calculation
based on all of the information would put the
object in the range of 140 feet long
(approximately the same width also). UFO
researcher Martin Jasek, of Whitehorse, cautions
us with this: "A word about guessing distances.
Human binocular vision ends at about 30 feet. One
may be able to estimate distance substantially
beyond this limit if one is looking at a familiar
object such as a person, car, Cessna or 747.
Unfortunately, UFOs aren't usually familiar
objects."
Both Pete and Lui are married with children, work
as Automotive Technicians and share an interest in
Physics, Astronomy and the topic of UFOs. Although
Lui provided an excellent drawing, he was
reluctant to meet with us to discuss the sighting.
What he saw that night has left him with an
unsettled feeling and the "heebie-jeebies".
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