Full Description of
event/sighting: We were driving west in the
afternoon into Vancouver on the #1 freeway.
And in a clear sky overhead and to the south
was a black object in the oval shape of a
rugby ball! It was not moving and stayed
exactly where it was as we approached. It
seemed to be about 2000 feet above the ground
near our Central Park and about the size of a
747.
Many people pulled off the
highway to look at it, including 2 policemen.
It did not move at all and was not a balloon
or kite. In retrospect, the oval shape could
have been a circle shape as viewed from an
angle. It seemed like the opening of a round
pipe.
We rushed home expecting to hear breaking news
but nothing was said about it. I can see the
area from my apartment and looked with
binoculars after getting home but saw nothing
and wondered if my angle of view now was
parallel with the shape so it would be a
straight line if in fact it was a flat opening
of some kind like a disk? I would love to hear
what it could have been.
Additional Information:
Brian, thanks for your reply. Please
be clear about the included picture; that I
used Photoshop to duplicate as close as I
could to show what I saw. My wife saw it as
well, and it seemed like it was in the area
west of Central Park, south of Kingsway. And
could have been about 1000 to 2000 feet up.
Our viewing angle was from the #1 freeway. We
noticed it somewhere east of Willingdon Ave.
interchange. It never appeared to be hovering,
or moving at all or affected by wind or
anything. It was definitely NOT a balloon or
kite. Just solidly stationary in the sky. As
if it was a flat plane of black disk, not even
an edge to it. Nor did there appear to be any
structure or shape to it other than the solid
black disk. No light reflected off anything.
As we got just past the Willingdon exit, the
traffic slowed down and we pulled to the side
of the road as others did. There were even two
RCMP officers stopped on a side road, (on what
I think might be called Clydesdale St. which
leads onto Grandview Hwy at Boundary Rd) they
were out of their police car looking up at it
too. Other traffic had slowed. I passed by and
went home, listening to the radio for reports,
but there were none. I even expected the 6 PM
news to have video. When I got home, I live in
a high rise in Vancouver and could see in that
direction east, Central Park is directly in my
eastern view, I got out my binoculars but
could see nothing. I accounted that to the
fact that I thought it was a flat object, and
from my new view, it would only be a line in
the sky if it was still there at all.. The
thought did come to mind that it could have
been a circular shape, if viewed directly from
below, however I never went closer to find
that out.
When I told some others about it, someone
suggested it could have been a "black hole". I
DO know what a real black hole is, but that
was an apt description of what it appeared
like. As if a pipe was there for some reason,
and we could only see the hole in the pipe,
but not the pipe itself.
I wonder if you'd get any interest from the
RCMP office near the Gaglardi Way? Caribou Rd
exit? I just discovered your website recently
so can't exactly recall the month I saw it,
and it could have even been 2002. Of course
most people just smirk when you tell them and
ask if I'm a 'trekkie' too, but it was a
phenomenal and unforgettable sight. It would
be most interesting to find others who saw it
too.
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