A mystery object that flew over Vancouver Island
Sunday today became a mystery jet. Reports of a
bright light hovering and travelling over the
southern part of the Island were recorded
between 7:15 and 7:45 p.m. Sunday.
Dr. Kenneth O. Wright, assistant director of the
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory near
Victoria, said an observer there saw the object
and identified it as a high-flying jet with its
landing lights on.
But civil and military authorities said there
were no Canadian or US aircraft in the air in
that location and at that time.
First reports of a bright white light in the sky
were phoned to a Victoria radio station and to
the observatory at 7:15 p.m.
Observer S. C. Morris recorded in his logbook
that he saw a high-flying jet pass over heading
north.
At Extension Lake, 10 miles south of Nanaimo,
two fishermen and two boys said they saw the
light at 7:45 p.m.
They said the object appeared to hover for a
moment. Then, they said, they saw what they
believed to be a conventional jet approach it.
The light went out, and the object sped at a
tremendous speed to the northwest, leaving a
vapor trail, they said.
But RCAF Search and Rescue here, which
investigated their report, said it could find no
aircraft anywhere near at the time.
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