Introduction
William Nunn is an elderly
gentleman who lives in a downtown Vancouver
apartment on the 13th floor at 1030 Burnaby
Street with a view to southwest over English
Bay. The report below is one that he submitted
to us on-line on December 20, 2005.
Figure1.
Mr. Nunn's at location of his UFO sighting.
At times Mr.
Nunn has difficulty sleeping so he gets out of
bed and sits in a comfortable chair between
his bed and a window where he has a
magnificent view. It was on such an occasion
that he had the UFO sighting. We commend Mr.
Nunn for being willing to go public with his
sighting.
William
Nunn’s Report
The night sky
was bright and clear with a full moon. My
sighting occurred at approximately 3:30 am but
until I find the small cartoon that I drew at
the time I will be unable to describe with any
accuracy the date, beyond saying that it was
some time in the beginning of the year 2004.
I WITNESSED A Dark Triangle, with 3 soft RED
lights at each of its points, which, (for
whatever reason) would suddenly pulse
brightly. It came up from behind the top of
the apartment building across the alley and
traveled over the course of the sighting left
to right. This TRIANGLE was moving through the
sky point up. This maybe what first attracted
my attention.
Figure2.
Mr. Nunn's drawing of event and path of UFO.
There was no
noise as I watched this Dark Triangle move
slowly from the EAST to the WEST. If I had to
describe its movements, I would say it was
meandered, slowly with no seeming purpose.
At first, I thought it was a strangely shaped
balloon, but this would not make sense because
I live in an emergency traffic grid,
helicopters continually cross my 13th floor
vista to and from St. Paul’s Hospital (2
blocks from my home) and The Vancouver General
Hospital. The latter is located in the center
of the Broadway/Cambie area (as a crow flies,
approximately 1 mile from my apartment.) It
was meandering in a weaving, untroubled
fashion, sometimes doubling slowly back on
it’s own track. (I assume here, that is why at
first I thought it might be a balloon.) I
should also mention that at the time of the
first pulsing brightening of the RED LIGHTS, I
witnessed 2 bright streaks of light flash
across the night sky. One from above my
building, traveling from N to S. The other
traveling from the N/E to the S/W. These
streaks (star sized) moved at speeds beyond
any imagining, had I blinked, I would have
missed seeing them.
I then picked up my phone and called the
Vancouver City Police. At the request of
“FIRE, POLICE or AMBULANCE?” I responded with
“My name is William Nunn, I’m watching…By the
way, I don’t do drugs, I’m not drunk and I’m
not imagining it…BUT, I’m watching a dark
Triangle, with 3 red lights at each point…My
Gawd, There they go again, they’re pulsing….”
“RCMP, GIBSON?”
“I was talking to the Vancouver Police, I want
to…!”“How can I help you, Mr. Nunn?”
“Look, I’m not imagining this, but I’m
watching “A FLYING TRIANGLE.” I don’t drink, I
don’t do drugs, Hell, I don’t do anything
anymore…” This attempt at trying to be funny,
was met with all business.”
“A flying triangle, Mr. Nunn?”
“Yes, I’m watching it now…there go the lights
again, they’re flashing.”
“Hold on Sir.”
I was now looking around for those streaks of
light, I was seeing nothing.
“Mr. Nunn?”
“Yes?” The black shape of “THE FLYING
TRIANGLE” now crossing the almost full moon,
proved to me that I was seeing what I was
complaining about. “A dark triangle with
flashing red lights, “SOLIDLY” crossing the
moons bright circle.”
“I have had a few other complaints.” Which I
quickly, in my mind, changed to “I went and
looked.” Because now I was told that she would
“contact the Airport and see whether they had
anything on radar.” I didn’t hear a “yea” or
“nay” about this request to the Vancouver
Airport’s Radar Station. My only contact after
that was UFO BC.
I now sat in the chair watching as this FLYING
TRIANGLE moved towards a dark cloud, moving
into it; the lights pulsed faintly through the
darkness of the cloud. As I remember, this was
the only cloud I saw. It lay in the 5-o-clock
position of the moon. I thought nothing about
it, until a friend told me that this was what
the “UFO’s do. I fell asleep in the chair
after the triangle moved into cloud – I am a
diabetic and will fall asleep quickly.
“Unidentified Flying Objects” are usually
described as a circle, flashing brightly
against a dark night sky. My sighting was of a
FLYING TRIANGLE, plainly visible in the bright
night sky, fully outlined against an almost
full moon.
Whatever I saw, must have been immense…Hold
your hands up and form a triangle, picture 3
red lights that flashed periodically now place
your hands out, at arms length against the
sky. That would be the approximate size I saw.
It had to be “HUGE!” from that distance. I
again state that I was:
“AWAKE!”
“NOT DRUNK!”
”NOT DRINKING!”
“NOR ON MEDICATION!”
“DO NOT DO DRUGS!”
“DOES NOT HAVE AN IMAGINATION, WHICH COULD SEE
WHAT ISN’T THERE!”
“AND WILL, GIVEN THE CHANCE: TAKE A LIE
DETECTOR TEST TO PROVE THAT WHAT I SAY, IS
TRUE AND ACCURATE.
YOU MAY USE MY NAME IN THIS REPORT.
I am unsure what the 2 streaks of light were,
but felt they were connected, somehow. The
sighting lasted approximately 15 to 20
minutes.
I now am a believer. “Yes Martha, They do
exist!”
Whether they are government or from outer
space. I declare that I saw a FLYING TRIANGLE,
so help me GOD.
Signed:
William George Nunn, ESQ
To any who I may have offended, pooh-poohing
their reports of sightings, I apologize. To
any that might read this report, I apologize
for my levity. “It happened!”
Investigation:
(Determining the approximate date of the
sighting)
We interviewed Mr. Nunn on location on Feb 5,
2006 about 7 weeks after his initial report to
us. During our interview Mr. Nunn recounted the
above events in perfectly matching detail with
the same enthusiasm as depicted in his e-mail
(Figure 1). There were no deviations from the
account. He also had a drawing for us already
prepared (Figure 2). We also obtained a
photograph (Figure 3) of the same scene, which
allowed for landmark identification (the four
apartment buildings). The direction of the most
right apartment building became of particular
interest in the investigation since the moon was
directly above it during the sighting. It was
thought possible that the approximate date could
be determined based on the astronomical position
of the moon as well as local weather records
(was it cloudy or clear?). Using maps and aerial
photographs it was established that the right
most apartment building has an Azimuth of 262
degrees from true north. For reference the left
most and the centre two apartment buildings have
Azimuths of 195, 230, 240 degrees from true
north respectively.
Figure3.
View outside of Mr. Nunn's apartment.
The only time references that Mr. Nunn was able
to provide was “early in 2004” and “3:30 am”.
Table 1 examines several possible dates and
times in early 2004. Each set of three dates in
each month are the day before, the day of, and
the day after the full moon as it can be
difficult to discern if the moon is exactly full
on a certain date in this three-day period.
Table 1.
|
Date/Time in 2004
|
Azimuth
(degrees)
|
Angle above Horizon
(degrees)
|
Weather at Vancouver Airport
(Environment
Canada)
|
|
Jan 7, 3:30
am
|
258
|
45
|
Rain/Fog
|
|
Jan 8, 3:30
am (full moon)
|
244
|
52
|
Rain
|
|
Jan 9, 3:30
am
|
255
|
56
|
Rain
|
|
Feb 5,
3:30 am
|
260
|
39
|
Mainly
Clear
|
|
Feb 5,
3:50 am
|
264
|
36
|
Mainly
Clear
|
|
Feb 6, 3:30
am (full moon)
|
245
|
44
|
Cloudy
|
| Feb 7, 3:30 am |
228
|
47
|
Mostly
Cloudy
|
|
Mar 5, 3:30
am
|
260
|
30
|
Rain
|
|
Mar 6, 3:30
am (full moon)
|
246
|
33
|
Mostly
Cloudy
|
|
Mar 7, 3:30
am
|
231
|
35
|
Rain/Fog
|
|
Apr 4, 3:30
am
|
247
|
20
|
Clear/Mainly
Clear
|
|
Apr 5, 3:30
am (full moon)
|
233
|
21
|
Mostly
Cloudy
|
|
Apr 6, 3:30
am
|
218
|
21
|
Clear
|
It is apparent from the
examination of Table 1 that February 5, 2004
is the most likely if not the only date for
the sighting in terms of satisfying the
position of the full (or nearly full) moon,
clear sky and the time of night and year.
This investigation confirms that what ever Mr.
Nunn was observing it was consistent with the
position of the moon and the weather for that
time of year making it unlikely that the
object was the product of his imagination or
an illusion. The consistency of him retelling
the story more than 7 weeks after his written
deposition also supports a truthful
experience.
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