Have
you ever spotted strange lights in the sky? What
about a fast moving object that defies the laws of
gravity? If you haven’t, your chances of seeing a
UFO in Northern B.C. is greater than any other
region of Canada
The
communities of Terrace and Houston have just
recently been named in the top 10 list of UFO
sightings across Canada.
Terrace
is the B.C. capital for sightings and third across
the country, while Houston placed second in B.C.
and fourth across the country.
The
list compiled 483 eyewitness reports from around
the country in 2002. One-third of all sightings
were reported in B.C.
Brian
Vike is a leading Ufologist based out of Houston,
B.C., who is the founder of the HBCC-UFO web site
and investigator of strange phenomenon in the
region since 2000. Since the survey was released,
Vike says his phone has been ringing off the hook.
“People
are aware now that there is actually some- one who
investigates and talks to people and tries to
figure out what people are seeing,” says Vike.
Even in
the last week there have been many sightings
reported in the northwest region.
One
‘large disk shaped object’ was spotted on February
22 over a one-hour period by observers in three
different areas in B.C.
The
object was described as very large, slow moving,
with bright lights on the underside and completely
silent.
The
first witness spotted the object in Mill Bay,
Vancouver Island at 9:15 p.m. followed by two
Alcan employees in Kitimat, B.C. at 10:20 p.m.
Shortly after, a husband and wife stopped their
vehicle between Terrace and Prince Rupert to watch
the object.
On
February 3, 2003 a Canfor employee out of Houston
noticed three bright, hazy blue/white lights in
the shape of a rectangle fly past him quickly at a
very low altitude.
Other
witnesses have come forward in Houston since the
sighting was released to inform Vike that they had
witnessed the same object 12 hours before the
Canfor employee.
The
Lakes District has also had its fair share of
unexplained sightings that have been investigated
by Vike, who says he gets many calls from the
area.
On
February 14, 2002 two residents of Francois Lake
noticed a bright fast-moving object come towards
them, when all of a sudden it came to a complete
stop and went totally dark.
The
witnesses says that a bright flash of light was
suddenly emitted from the object. They say a ‘ray
of light’ began to sweep the ground, which lit up
a very large area. The object continued to scan
the ground for a few minutes until it suddenly
left the area at unprecedented speeds.
Vike
also investigates the phenomenon of ‘crop circles’
that have been reported in the Vanderhoof area
over the past few years.
While
there have been hundreds of sightings in the
northwest, many have been explained by military
exercises or cosmic activity, such as planets or
shooting stars.
“There
is still so many of them that remain unexplained,
but people are seeing things all the time.” says
Vike.
A film
crew from the Canadian Life Network arrived in the
area recently to start shooting a new series
called “The Magnificent Obsession.”
Because
of the surge of sightings in the northwest in the
past two years, Vike was asked to be a part of the
documentary, which will include other Ufologists
from the US and England.
Vike is
hoping that other people will come forward to
report any strange occurrences, phenomenon, or
generally, things that go bump in the night.
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