UFO Sighting in Vernon


  June 1949

Private Correspondence of John Musgrave


Dear Sir;

That was an interesting article I read:- by Major Donald E. Keyhoe. (must have enclosed a clipping).

It was in the summer of 1949, the month of June, when I observed a UFO. It was the latter part of the month, just two miles East of Vernon, B.C. Around midnight, when standing outside, I observed this object. It was similar to a moving star, the light intensity perhaps somewhat brighter, and it was travelling South at the speed I would say of 1/10 of that of a meteorite, at an altitude of perhaps 10 to 15 thousand feet. It was not an aircraft with its landing lights on, since at that height it would seem ridiculous, and even if it had been, I would have been able to detect two beams slowly fading as it passed. No, this was a similar appearance as the USA communication satellite, the large sphere, as is in orbit now. In fact I have seen several appearances; the last one on the 27th of March, 1966 travelling in a W.S.E. direction, at 8PM. Another in April, 1965, the latter from Armstrong, B.C. travelling in the same direction, but more West. It was about 11 PM or so, and I called my parents outside to see it.

In this same week, April '65, as I drove South, about to enter Enderby, B.C. (this is a little hard to make out - could be Enderly), a meteorite fell nearby; its sudden appearance and hellish brightness caused me to stop and step out of the car.

This merely said so that you may understand that I don't call a high flying mosquito a descending superman.


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