Houston, Quick, Telkwa &
Smithers - British Columbia
Date: July 29, 2002
Time: approximately 10:30 - 10:45 p.m.
On July 29, 2002 three Houston residents watched
an object fly across night sky. (Investigators
Note: Actually this worked out rather funny, as I
had already heard about the sighting in Houston
before I was contacted by Nicole, reporter for the
Smithers Interior newspaper. I put it off as a
meteor myself at the time, and to be honest did
not give it another thought. I wasn't given much
for information about what the fellows had seen,
just a quick note to say, "I seen a bright meteor
the other night". When I received a call from
Nicole Fitzgerald asking if I had received any
reports for July 29, 2002, I started thinking
about what a witness had mentioned to me about his
"meteor" sighting.)
Location information - Houston British Columbia
(my home) sits in the Bulkley Valley surrounded by
mountains. To the west there is the Telkwa
Mountain range, and south Morice Mountain and
Mount Harry Davis to the north. It is a small town
with a population of 2500 to 2600 people living
within. We sit at an elevation of 587 meters.
Employment opportunities in the area are with
forestry, mining and tourism. Houston offers some
of the best Steelhead fishing in the world. The
area is covered by clean fresh lakes & rivers
to fish from, hiking, camping, skiing etc... are
great pastimes in the area. Houston boosts having
the world's largest Fly Rod, which indeed it is,
at a length of 60 feet (1829.8 cm) and weighing
approximately 800 pounds. The reel has a diameter
of 36 inches, while the fly at the end of the line
is some 21 inches long. Want to go fishing ? -:)))
(couldn't help myself) !
I caught up with the Houston resident and asked
him more questions about what it was "he" saw. To
my surprise he told me that he wasn't the only one
who saw the "meteor"? The witness said there were
two other people with him at the time
(co-workers). The gentleman told me they were at
their place of employment, which is Canfor Sawmill
- Houston Division, a large very productive
operation. I asked what time did they see this
object (meteor?) and I was told at approximately
10:20 p.m., but it could have been a little later
he said. From what I was told, no one thought to
look at their watches mainly due to them thinking
what they were seeing was just a meteor, as
spectacular as it was.
The Houston witness who first brought this to my
attention said he was the first to notice what he
and everyone else thought was a meteor. He looked
up as a very bright white/yellowish colored,
almost phosphorescent round object moved slowly
through the night's sky. As the meteor (object)
gained momentum it grew a short tail. This fellow
was so amazed, surprised at the size and
brightness of this thing, that he called to other
co-workers. One was up sitting in a large
forklift, while the other was close by. The point
I would like to make is, the driver of the
forklift had to open the door, and climb down from
the machine to stand with the others fellows who
were all watching this object. This took a few
seconds. The total length of time the Canfor
employees watched the object was close to 30
seconds and according to the fellows, dropping in
altitude heading towards Tweedsmuir Park in a
southwesterly direction.
(Investigators Note: When I looked into the
"major" sighting which took place this year on
February 1, 2002 when three married ladies on
their way home to Houston, B.C. from a shopping
trip in Smithers watched a "Giant" , well lit
craft descend from the cloud cover to
approximately 300 feet above tree top level and
pass right over their car. This also took place in
Telkwa, British Columbia. While I was looking for
any information, trying to put the parts together
over this sighting I found out that just a little
south east of the bottom tip of "Tweedsmuir Park"
there is a military testing ground at Anahim Lake
which is used for low and high level flight
testing. So when "Tweedsmuir Park" was mentioned
again I started wondering if there could be a
connection between the February 1, 2002 sighting
and this sighting of July 29, 2002. I completely
stumbled on to finding out that military exercises
were taking place (early February) due to a flight
I was on heading to Vancouver, B.C. for my dad's
80th birthday, which was on February 6, 2002. The
pilot of the Dash 8 aircraft came over the
intercom system announcing that the aircraft was
to make a slight detour in his flight plan due to
military exercises taking place. My question is,
would our government in joint connection with the
U.S. government be holding secret tests that the
public are not aware of ? Or is there "something"
using this flight path, (meaning here in the
pacific northwest). This of course I have no
answers to.
Was
the military in our area looking for something?
After I
started investigating, and talking with the
witnesses, I started to hear rumors of military
vehicles scouring the back roads in the Telkwa
area. I was surprised to hear this news. I
thought that maybe one or two people had seen
someone's personal truck all painted up in
military colors, as there is one around Houston.
Well it turns out that there was a good number
of folks who told me they seen military vehicles
traveling towards Smithers from the Houston area
on highway #16. The military vehicles were not
all traveling together as in a convoy, but
rather spread out along the highway. Now how
many of these vehicles there were, I have no
idea. Another report came from residents in
Telkwa, a husband and wife were driving along
the Telkwa High Road when they came across a
large military truck, they had to pull way off
the road to let this vehicle pass by. Reports
from the Smithers area came in as well, so
people were seeing them. I had stopped into the
RCMP detachment to request information over the
July 29, 2002 sighting. I also asked when I was
there if he knew, or heard of any military
exercises taking place around the areas. The
officer said he was not aware of anything going
on, but went on to say he has a friend, a
Captain in the Rangers and they were planning an
exercise for around the end of this month
(August). These exercises would be taking place
in the Stewart, British Columbia area, which is
a long way from us here. The constable also said
none of the other RCMP officers mentioned seeing
anything like I asked about in the area.
Aircraft
activity in the skies - Up ?
There is no
doubt in my mind that something was going on,
all a person would have to do was to watch the
local mountains for helicopters flying low back
and forth. Small aircraft also went back and
forth over the local mountains here around the
Houston area. Even at night time, (which is very
strange) as friends telephoned me to say, look
out your window and sure enough, a small plane
was over top of Mount Harry Davis traveling in a
straight line, or it looked as if the plane was,
then to turn around and fly back again, the
aircraft kept repeating this over and over until
it left in a westerly direction. It returned
approx: 20 minutes later repeating itself. Even
a Hercules transport showed up at the Smithers
airport. I talked with the tower about this, and
I was told by them that this aircraft was being
used to fly supplies into a mining camp, in
which they do. I just had to wonder when I heard
that a Hercules transport landed in Smithers at
the same time all this was taking place.
Investigators Note: I have lived in the area for
a little over 20 years. We see a lot of
helicopters flying low at times over the
mountains. They carry either forestry, mining,
fish and wildlife people doing their jobs. But
over three days or so no one has ever seen so
much aircraft activity as there had been. As I
mentioned above, a lot of people were discussing
it as it was out of place for the area. Matter
of fact, I heard three large fixed wing aircraft
fly overhead. The problem was it was rather
overcast. But one did drop down and through the
cloud cover and went out of sight very quickly
behind Mount Harry Davis. I walked in and picked
up the telephone and called the Smithers airport
tower and asked if there was any air traffic
over Houston, and area. "I was told no"! So I
have to ask, what did I see ? Clouds !
My
visit to the RCMP detachment in Smithers B.C.
After I did
an interview with the witness and I went to
Smithers, I stopped into the Smithers RCMP
detachment to enquire about the sighting report
which was reported to them. I started to
introduce myself, but the gal behind the counter
beat me to it. She said "Oh your Brian". I
laughed to myself. Mind you I wore my jacket
with my logo on it, so I guess it wasn't hard to
figure this out. I asked if it was possible to
get the information from the RCMP's report that
was made by Mr. Gordon Stewart. She asked me to
wait while she went to talk with an officer, who
came right out and I discussed with him what it
was I was after. I told him I had already
interviewed Mr. Stewart and had all the details,
but wanted to check in with the RCMP to see if
they may have had anything else to add. The
constable went and grabbed the report, "but
keeping the form away from my eyes", which is
policy. He read over non personal information
and had no more to add to the case.
Is
this reported sighting from Smithers, British
Columbia a possible connection to the military?
I posted a
sighting report for July 28 - 31, 2002 where
three witnesses watched a strange sight indeed.
They reported what they saw to the Smithers
Interior Newspaper which in turn passed the
information along to me. Below I am re-posting
the report with some comments made by myself.
Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
Date: approx: July 28 - 31, 2002
Time: Between 10:00 & 11:00 a.m.
Daylight sighting:
(From the sounds of things, this sighting took
place close to the July 29, 2002 sighting in
Telkwa, Houston, Quick and Smithers, British
Columbia. I hope to have the exact date from the
third witness.)
There are three witnesses to this sighting in
Smithers, B.C.. I have talked to two of the
folks who watched the object, and waiting to
hear from the third, and will update when I do.
The first report below is from witness number
#1:
I talked with a gentleman today, August 10, 2002
about a sighting which was reported to me and
the Smithers Interior Newspaper. I asked of
course what it was he had witnessed. This fellow
is a logging contractor in the area and seems to
be a very truthful man. He actually was very
surprised and for the life of him, still can't
figure out what it was he saw.
His description of the object: He said it looked
like an oak barrel in shape and made of metal,
he guessed the object was approx: 15 feet in
height and 10 feet across. From his vantage
point (approx: 2000 feet away - altitude). He
said there were two projections sticking out
from the center of the object, approx: three
feet apart and darker in color away from the
main body of the craft.
The fellow said it had quite a remarkable speed
to it, in his estimation the craft was cruising
at approx: 300 kilometers which was faster than
the small aircraft they see in the area. Also he
said there was no sound from the object and it
did pass right overhead of him. It flew
alongside the Smithers airport heading in a
southwesterly direction. He described the object
as being metallic in color. And again said it
was darker in the middle and rotating in the
center.
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Witness #2
A friend called the witness outside to look at
something as she was very excited. The witness
said she did not see it right away. She
explained that she looked and looked around in
the area where her friend was pointing, and went
on to say it was like she had to get her eyes
focused to see it. The object was at the right
of the airport flying in a southwesterly
direction. She said the object was definitely
round in shape and silver (metallic) in color.
While they were watching this object, it up and
disappeared instantly. I asked approximately
what the size of the object may have been. She
said it would have been close to the size of a
normal wall clock at a approximate distance of a
kilometer and a half away.
I asked her the date the event took place, she
said her friend (deleted by HBCC UFO) would know
for sure. But she guesses it would have been
around two weeks ago. (Investigators Note: If
the time frame is correct, then the object they
saw would have been right around the same time
(July 29, 2002) in which 9 witnesses, in
different locations, watched a HUGE glowing
object fly down the valley. She also said there
no sound coming from the object.
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I telephoned the witness again and asked some
questions to clarify a couple of things I wanted
answers for. Because of all the air traffic
which was around the area, and the description
which was given to me by the witnesses, I
wondered if this object might have something to
do with the military. I had others mention this
same idea to me. From the witnesses'
description, a barrel-shaped object with two
projections sticking out from the center of the
object, would these possibly be propellers which
were turning in the center of this object? If
so, could this then be a military reconnaissance
drone? These are some of the questions in which
I would like to know. After discussing the idea
with the witness, of the object being possibly a
military craft, he said it might just be. This
fellow never thought what they all saw was
anything out of this world, but something from
here on earth.
From what all of the witnesses have told me,
they figured that what they saw was going to
crash into the ground, although no one had seen
this take place.
In the next
report I will be talking to the two witnesses
from Quick, British Columbia. I spent a little
over two hours chatting with both witnesses, a
retired school teacher and her son, a Civil
Engineer. Also her husband was there, a
geologist for the government.
Copyright -
HBCC UFO Research
Brian Vike (Yogi)
Independent UFO Field Investigator/Researcher
HBCC UFO Research
Box 1091
Houston, B.C.
Canada
VOJ-1ZO
Editor: "Canadian Communicator" Paranormal
Magazine
Phone/Fax: 1-250-845-2189
Email 1: yogibear@bulkley.net
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