At
8:30 pm my girlfriend and I were sitting in our
living room on the fifth floor of 1234 Happy
Street (our suite faces south over False Creek). I
happened to be looking out our balcony window,
when there was a large round (from my perspective;
had the sense it was spherical) green light. The
object was enormous and low; probably level with
the tenth floor of our building. It's difficult to
gauge it's size but it appeared to be over False
Creek and from my vantage point it looked to be a
few hundred feet in diameter. The centre of the
object was brilliantly green and the light defused
further from the centre. The bizarre thing was
that it didn't diffuse entirely as it radiated,
but had a very defined edge. The object appeared,
remained for about two seconds, then vanished.
My girlfriend was not
looking out the window, but the green light lit
our apartment and she also saw something green in
the sky in her peripheral vision.
There must be hundreds of witnesses to this event
in the Westend and Kitsilano.
Extremely bizarre! I welcome your call to discuss
this further, if you'd like.
Best regards.
Matt C.
Follow-up Questions and
Answers:
Brian/Gord,
I spoke with Brian at about 3:00 pm this
afternoon and told him I would snap a shot from
our balcony and overlay a graphic of what we saw
to the best of my abilities. This photo is
attached. Bare in mind this event was at night
but for the purpose of clarity I used a daytime
photo.
I'll
now try to answer each of your questions:
1. How would you describe the angular size
of the lights perimeter? (eg: size of loonie at
arm's length or size of dinner plate at arm's
length)
The size of a side plate a arm's length; the
size is show in the attached image.
2. Is it possible that
the light was from a flare fired from Vanier
Park or perhaps from a boat in False Creek?
Absolutely not. The flare would have been seen
rising then falling leaving smoke trails.
3. Can you describe the
shade of green? (traffic light, more yellow or
more blue?)
Traffic
light (green) - we described it to each other as
LED green.
4. Did you hear any sound?
No.
5. Was there anything
else abnormal you noted?
No.
6. Have you asked any of
your neighbours if they saw it?
No,
but I will post something in the elevator and
laundry room.
7. Do you have a phone
number?
604-555-1234
(number changed for privacy).
Regards,
Matt
C.
Hi Matthew,
Thanks so much for the quick response and your
attached graphic image. It is actually a very good
image because you used a daylight reference which
provides the best reference. I can now tell
exactly where you were looking.
It certainly sounds very strange. I would be most
interested if anyone else saw this. What is a good
time to call you? I don't want to be an
inconvenience.
Gord Heath
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