XXX Columbia St.,
New Westminster, BC
Dec. 1, 1953
Officer in
Charge,
R.C.A.F. Station,
Sea Island, -
Vancouver Airport,
Vancouver, B.C.
ATTENTION : Intelligence section
Dear Sir:
I wish to
report the following sighting of unusual
objects:
Observers:
Myself and my wife. I am a Research
Assistant with the Lower Mainland Regional
Planning Board and my wife was a graduate
assistant at U.B.C. for two years in the
Department of Geography and Geology, during
which time she instructed in methods of
weather observation.
Place of
Sighting: Junction of the B.C.E.R.
railway tracks and the Burkhart Road in the
Municipality of Surrey. (Approximately 25
miles SE of Vancouver B. C.)
Time of
Observation: 10 pm to 10.05 pm, Friday,
November 27th, 1953.
Weather
Conditions: Light rain falling 10/10
stratus cloud cover. Ceiling estimated at
about 1200' . No surface wind.
Description
of Objects: We were at the junction of
the Burkhart Road and the B.C.E.R. tracks when
we noticed 7 objects in the sky to the east of
us. They did not seem to be ranged in any
pattern and were spread over about 120° of the
eastern sky with about 4 to the north of the
Burkhart Road and 3 to the south. Six of them
appeared to be bright lights seen through a
heavy bank of clouds while the seventh
was sufficiently low to be more clearly
distinguished. This brightest light was
circular in shape and gave off a bright
blue-white light over its whole surface. It
seemed to be right at the base of the cloud
cover, since a few whisps of cloud seemed to
pass over its surface and a circular halo was
formed around it, such as can be seen when the
moon is shining through a thin covering of
cirrus. This light seemed to move up and down,
since it became brighter, then dimmer, then
brighter again. While this bright light seemed
to be moving up and down 5 of the other lights
gradually dimmed and disappeared, then the
light that had been bright dimmed very quickly
and disappeared leaving only one which
remained for about a minute and then dimmed
very slowly, the whole operation took about 5
minutes. They remained in the same position
relative to the ground during this whole
period with only vertical movement being
observed. There was no sound associated with
them.
If there is
some explanation for this series of
observations that can be released I hope that
you will pass it along to me. Incidentally, I
checked with the Weather Bureau to see whether
they could have been weather balloons but I
was told they do not release them in the rain.
Yours
sincerely ,
XXX
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Group
Commander
12 Air Defence Group Hq
Vancouver, B.C
Att’n
Command Intelligence Officer
FLYOBRPT
- RCAF Station Sea Island - 21 Nov 53
- Seven (7) unidentified
objects of unknown size, described as
brilliant silver discs, were observed by
two civilians in the Municipality of
Surrey, B.C. (Approximately 25 miles south
of Vancouver.) These objects remained
stationary except for vertical motion.
Objects faded from view with no sound
having been heard and no trail of exhaust
having been noticed.
- These objects were
first noticed at 2200 Pacific Standard
Time on the 27 Nov. 53 and were observed
continually for five minutes.
- Observation was by the
naked eye by the observers standing on the
side of the road in Surrey.
- These objects appeared
in a south easterly direction from where
the observers were standing at a 30 degree
angle from them. They remained in this
position for approximately five minutes
and then faded from sight. During the time
in view, one of these discs seemed to
descend and became brighter as it came
nearer the ground. The observers would
roughly estimate that these objects were
three or four miles from the observation
point. Height estimated 1200 feet.
- Observers were XXX
Research assistant with the Lower Mainland
Regional Planning Board of British
Columbia and Mrs. XXX, formerly a Graduate
Assistant in Geography and Geology at the
University of British Columbia. Both
observers were in complete agreement in
all the main points although they were
together during the observations.
- Weather at 21.30 PST
was 3500 feet scattered strato-cumulus,
two tenths, and alto-cumulus, eight
tenths. Surface wind was 10 knots from the
east north east. Winds aloft were
unobtainable.
- No activity or
condition which might account for the
sighting is known to this office.
- The observers were not
able to obtain any pictures, etc., of this
activity.
- No interception or
identification action was taken at this
station as this report was not received
until 4 Dec 53.
- To our knowledge there
were no aircraft in the immediate vicinity
during this period of time.
- It is certain that the
objects were not aircraft and a check made
with the Meteorological office shows that
no weather balloons were released during
this period.
(Signed)
H.B. Taylor F/O
for Commanding Officer
RCAF Station, Sea Island
Encl:
Statement of XXX
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