On the
20th of April, 1999, we received a call from a man
living in Maple Ridge, BC. He was outside
barbequing with a female companion and a
3-year-old child, when they saw a small pulsating
light approaching. It appeared to be only 2-300
feet above the ground. When the light became
stationary, all the lights in Maple Ridge went
out! About 10 minutes later they saw a big white
flash and then a meteor-like streak heading in a
northwestern direction, towards Pitt Lake. At this
time a "rushing wind sound" could be heard. All of
the city lights then came back on.
A call
was placed to BC Hydro on the 21st of April and
they confirmed the power failure. They stated that
Maple Ridge had a "transmission feed loss into a
substation" at 21:15 on the 20th of April, for a
period of 11 minutes.
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