The Vancouver Area Flying
Saucer Club sent me a most interesting incident
which allegedly took place on Lulu Island on
February 24, 1958. It was witnessed by Grahame
Langton, a boy of 12, and his account which they
received by mail, follows:
Grahame Langton, 778 Montana Road, Richmond.
Age: nearly 12, Time: approx. 9 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 24, 1958. Weather conditions: Moonlit,
slightly cloudy, stars visible.
Upon returning from a Scout meeting I noticed a
bright light in the sky. This appeared to be
coming from an object like a full moon which was
situated in the south (the actual moon was in
its first quarter and was in the west).
About 50 yards from my house, which is at the
corner of Blundell and Montana, I noticed that
the back garden appeared to be illuminated with
a red glow as though a fire was burning there. I
then proceeded up the drive at the front of the
house and upon turning the corner at the rear of
the garage, came face to face with an object.
This object appeared stationary, approx three
feet off the ground and was about ten feet in
diameter, and approx. seven feet in height. It
was whitish grey in color with a dark red centre
light about three feet in diameter. This centre
piece, although it was round, appeared to be in
four sections. At the precise time that I turned
the corner and saw the object, a car was going
along the road and the red light appeared to be
concentrated upon the car, following its
progress along the road. At this point, the
section of light directed upon the vehicle was
brilliant, while the remainder of the centre
piece remained a dull glow. I tried to creep
past it to get into the back door, and kicked a
stone on the path, whereupon the light shining
on the road immediately became dim and the
section facing me became extremely bright. The
light was so brilliant that I could hardly see.
Then, the whole centre piece went dark, a few
seconds elapsed and it became bright again and
at that instant the balls on the ends of the
projecting arms started to buzz in a signal-like
fashion. Those balls appeared to have lines on
them. Then with a swish that seemed to come from
the funnel-like piece, it took off at a slightly
tilted angle. I watched it approach the moonlike
object in the sky, then the red glow faded and
the moon-like object also seemed to diminish.
During the afternoon of Monday 24th February,
when walking across the garden, I noticed a
funny buzzing sound on the ground. At first, I
thought it was an insect, but the AREA OF GROUND
AFFECTED was too large. The day after, Tuesday,
I told my parents about this and we wondered if
it was in any way connected with the episode
which occurred later. This object appeared to be
right over the section of ground where this
sound came from, and the buzzing seemed to be
identical. The windows in the outer circle of
this object seemed to be in square sections.
On the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 25, an RCMP
constable paid an unofficial visit to our house
and I related my story to him and he said he
could find no reason to disbelieve my story and
yet he could not give any explanation, also
later that evening my mother and dad told a
gentleman from the RCAF who was visiting here,
my story, he agreed without doubt, that I had
told the truth.
Following receipt of the above letter two
members of the executive of the club visited the
Langton home on March 14 and interviewed
Grahame. Their impression was that the boy was
telling the truth, as, if he had been put up to
it, it would have been extremely difficult for
him to have related as much detail as he did.
HOMEPAGE