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May 5 1998 was
a clear Spring evening in Kelowna. Three adult members of a house were outside enjoying
the view of the sky. The sky was partially cloudy but quite bright due to the presence of
the moon which was slightly bigger than half full.
At approximately 10:05 P.M. their attention was drawn to a high flying jet
aircraft travelling from west to east. It was low enough for them to hear the faint roar
of the engines. One member of the group lowered his gaze and noticed a dark shape to the
south of his position. He alerted the rest of the group and they all turned their
attention to this object. At first they thought it might be an aircraft except for the
fact that most aircraft in the area fly an east west route. Kelowna has relatively busy
airport and these gentlemen were used to observing aircraft arrivals and departures most of
which pass directly over the house occupied by the trio. One of the gentlemen was formerly
employed as a Ground Specialist at the Ottawa International Airport and was familiar with
most aircraft.
This report was compiled from independent depositions
from two of the witnesses. The third witness declined due to fears of government
interference. All three witnesses stated that although they do not know what it is they
are absolutely certain that it was not a conventional aircraft.
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Update Received Aug, 2009:
One of the witnesses wrote UFOBC and had
this to add to the account:
I reported a sighting some years ago. The
sighting was on May 5, 1998, approx 10:05 PM. I was originally interviewed
by Gavin McLeod. The original posting can be found above. It's mostly
correct but there are a few mistakes. I've copied the report as Gavin posted
it and have made several edits. I've created and attached a
proper map that more accurately represents the
flight path of the object and have re-scanned the original drawing as the
one on your site is faint. The computer generated graphic that you have is
more accurate, as far as the lights go, and is the best one out there as I
no longer have the original file.
Here is the edited text:
It was a clear Spring evening in Kelowna. Myself and two other house mates
were outside enjoying the view of the sky. The sky was partially cloudy but
quite bright due to the presence of the moon which was slightly bigger than
half full.
At approximately 10:05 P.M. our attention was drawn to a high flying jet
aircraft travelling from west to east. It was low enough for us to hear the
faint roar of the engines. I lowered my gaze and noticed a dark shape with
lights drop from the sky approximately 5-8 miles south of our position over
Okanagan Mountain Park. It began to move slowly over the park in an west to
east direction. I alerted the rest of the group and they all turned their
attention to this object. As it reached the outskirts of the city it changed
direction and started to move south to north, towards us. At first we
thought it might be an aircraft except for the fact that most aircraft in
the area fly an east west route. Kelowna has a relatively busy airport and
we were used to observing aircraft arrivals and departures. I was formerly
employed as a Ground Specialist at the Ottawa International Airport and was
familiar with most aircraft including those at air shows. This was something
I'd never seen before.
We first observed the object as a dark triangular shape silhouetted against
the bright night sky. We could not hear any noise from the object as it
proceeded slowly towards our position. A soft white glow emanated from what
appeared to be 3 portholes, one at each corner of the underside of the
object. The colour was flat black. The size was equal to that of a 737 jet
aircraft viewed from 500 to 700 feet away at it's closest point. As the
object approached a position to the west of us it seemed to change its
course slightly to the east for 5 to 10 seconds then turned back to its
original course. At this point its apparent size was that of a football held
at arm's length. The object proceeded north and gained in altitude as it
approached the western spur of Knox Mountain (where the mountain meets the
lake) and passed over and out of sight. The entire sighting lasted
approximately five minutes.
We don't know what it was but we are absolutely certain that it was not a
conventional aircraft.
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Hi. One thing I forgot to mention. Years
later, after I'd moved and gotten married, I mentioned the incident to a
neighbour of mine. He said he had a friend who lived a block to the west of
our original sighting position who saw a large triangular shaped object fly
right over his house. I asked my neighbour to speak with his friend and
enquire about the date and time. He did, and though he was not sure of the
exact date the time was right and it was early May 1998. Other than that he
really didn't want to speak about it because as my neighbour put it, "it
spooked him".
Always keeping an eye on the sky.
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