Mrs. Van Der Veen, wife of
the motel proprietor at Destruction Bay,
also made a sighting which, though earlier
by several years than others we have
reported, fits into our coverage because of
the object's behavior.
As she and two women
companions watched one night in 1960, an
orange-white ball of light gave a remarkable
performance over the mountains across Kluane
Lake.
It went back and forth over
the mountaintops just as if it were having a
good look at them, she recalled. "It seemed
very deliberate. We watched it for about an
hour.
How similar this was to one
of the sightings made years later by Mrs.
McCreedy and others at Swift River! They,
too, watched a light go back and forth over
a mountain range as if on a mission of
scrutiny.