On the 9th of March, 1995, around 3
PM, Kevin McCarthy, a recent arrival to B.C., was
sitting in the kitchen of his home drinking coffee
and savouring the impressive view of the north
shore mountains that border the city of Vancouver.
Suddenly
his attention was drawn to a triangular formation
of three dark "bat like" objects slowly
approaching from a valley in the distance. Taking
somewhere between 5 - 10 minutes to approach his
location. As they did, two of the objects moved
away to the east, the third coming to a halt
almost directly in front of where Kevin had now
relocated himself on the verandah.
Hurriedly, Kevin obtained his
camera and proceeded to note further details
through the telephoto lens. In the clear blue sky
the black craft had three distinct "bumps" on the
upper surface, and though apparently stationary,
was clearly rotating. Not only was he awestruck ,
but also scared, though not quite sure why. At
this point the UFO appeared to be the size of a
dollar coin (Loony) held at arm's length. At no
time during the lengthy observation did the craft
reflect light from the brilliant sunshine. It was
later assumed that as the object was visually at
the same height as the distant snowline, then its
altitude could have been around 4000 feet. No
accompanying sound was heard.
Suddenly
realizing additional witnesses were close by, he
called out to them and was joined by Joanne, Gay
and Sarah (an 8 year old). This group watched the
craft through binoculars. It wasn't until the
object began to move away to the west did Kevin
realize that he hadn't taken any photos! This he
very quickly did, being unaware that all three
UFOs were within the view finder.
The
total observation of this sighting was
approximately 45 minutes, this was established
through later questioning of broadcast program
times. A local weather check determined that the
local wind speed was 8 km/h. A resident dog,
described by the witness as "dopey", displayed no
visible agitation or awareness of the craft's
close proximity. Although this was the first such
event that Kevin had experienced, he did recall
that his grandfather had encountered a craft that
landed on a road in front of his car, many years
ago. This experience took place in another
province altogether.
...."Encore,
Encore, Encore"....
Eighteen year old Mike Fernandez and
friend Wade Peeler were returning from shopping at
Metro Town in Burnaby at 3 PM, April 5th, 1995,
when they spotted what appeared to be three black
triangular UFOs in the sky ahead, holding a
vertical formation. The objects hovered, appearing
to rotate from right to left. No noise was
detected during the 5-7 minutes observation
period. Visually they were smaller than a dime
held at arm's length.
As they
continued to walk slowly back home, still facing
north, the craft slowly moved upwards into the
fairly low cloud cover and subsequently out of
sight.
In this
event, no pictures were taken. It should be noted
however that in keeping with the ever present
"strangeness" level that often accompanies such
reports, this sighting was within one month of the
Kevin McCarthy sighting, took place in the same
location, and the above witness resides at the
same address!!
Further
investigation revealed that the immediate area
contains a small lake and a nearby cemetery.
During
our visit to the residence of the original witness
we found a THIRD member of the household who had
witnessed an anomalous light event during his
childhood, less than a mile north of what has been
described here. This light (object?) was seen in
the evening and appeared to land behind the
previously mentioned cemetery, he could not
remember the month or year. His parents were also
present at that time.
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