June 20,1996. As Frank Robinson,
a fisherman in the town of Prince Rupert,
British Columbia, watched the noon hour news on
television the real news was happening in the
skies outside his home. At 12:12 pm, Frank
looked outside to see why his dog was so excited
and what all the barking was about. It was at
this time Frank glanced up at approximately 45
degrees to see what was first thought to be a
skydiver with a parachute in the rarely clear
Prince Rupert sky. The strange object was silent
and appeared to be no more than a mile or two
away as it fell in the sky.
Alertly,
Frank grabbed his camera and snapped the
remaining four photos on the roll of film. It
was at this time the object, at first believed
to be a skydiver, was travelling in an easterly
direction. Frank then picked up his video
camcorder and proceeded to film two and a half
minutes of tape before the object which was now
plainly not a skydiver vanished in a flash of
light to the north east. Frank sent a written
report giving full details to the local RCMP
detachment as well as contacting the local
Prince Rupert newspaper about his rather amazing
sighting. Frank also contacted The National UFO
Reporting Center in Seattle, Washington giving a
fully detailed report as well as sending them a
copy of the video.
Although the video
was less than earth shattering to the directors
of UFO*BC the still photos were much more
convincing. Although vague in their original
format they took on a much more impressive
appearance when enlarged. As can be seen in the
photo added in this article a peculiar shaped
craft, not unlike a frying pan or perhaps a
"flying pan", can plainly be seen. Black in
colour the object appears to have an intense
white light on top and seems to exude light in
opposition to being a reflection.
Mr. Robinson was also privy to a
previous sighting in Prince Rupert in October
1995, when he viewed a total of seven
unidentified objects flying in a northerly
direction. Frank became the recipient of the X
Chronicles Award for his sighting report and was
also featured in the outstanding British "UFO
Magazine." Although much later ,UFO*BC was
contacted and generously supplied with a package
of photos, clippings and a video by Frank in
which we are most grateful.
It
should be noted here that Prince Rupert has a
long history of UFO activity with reports as far
back as 1952 being reported in local newspapers
(also supplied by Frank) of townspeople seeing
strange flying discs in the week before
Christmas of that year. Reports were also sent
to local newspapers of UFO activity in the
Prince Rupert area in April 1976, witnessed by
local RCMP. As well, various reports by
fishermen off the coast of Prince Rupert were
forthcoming in the 1990's with some objects
reportedly tracked on radar travelling at a
staggering 3500 mph. We welcome any other
reports our readers may have from this area of
British Columbia, or anywhere else in the
province.
June 20,1996. As Frank Robinson,
a fisherman in the town of Prince Rupert,
British Columbia, watched the noon hour news on
television the real news was happening in the
skies outside his home. At 12:12 pm, Frank
looked outside to see why his dog was so excited
and what all the barking was about. It was at
this time Frank glanced up at approximately 45
degrees to see what was first thought to be a
skydiver with a parachute in the rarely clear
Prince Rupert sky. The strange object was silent
and appeared to be no more than a mile or two
away as it fell in the sky.
Although the video
was less than earth shattering to the directors
of UFO*BC the still photos were much more
convincing. Although vague in their original
format they took on a much more impressive
appearance when enlarged. As can be seen in the
photo added in this article a peculiar shaped
craft, not unlike a frying pan or perhaps a
"flying pan", can plainly be seen. Black in
colour the object appears to have an intense
white light on top and seems to exude light in
opposition to being a reflection. 
Mr. Robinson was also privy to a
previous sighting in Prince Rupert in October
1995, when he viewed a total of seven
unidentified objects flying in a northerly
direction. Frank became the recipient of the X
Chronicles Award for his sighting report and was
also featured in the outstanding British "UFO
Magazine." Although much later ,UFO*BC was
contacted and generously supplied with a package
of photos, clippings and a video by Frank in
which we are most grateful.
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