Large Oval Seen Over Victoria

Victoria, BC - March 27, 1965

APRO


Apr. 22, 1965
APRO,
Tucson, Ariz.

Dear Coral,

Well it has happened here again, and it was a year ago this month Hillsdale and Ann Arbor hit the headlines across the U.S. and Canada as a hot bed of UFO activity. And now again as last year at this time Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle are in the news again as you can see from the enclosed clippings. We had a very good sighting in Esquimalt last Friday night, seen by a lawyer and his family, and an elderly lady artist by the name of Mrs. Uhtoff, very gifted, spry for her age (68). You will find her mentioned in the clippings. I spent a very enjoyable hour with her last Monday morning and include a copy of what she saw. Contrary to what the papers reported Mrs. Uhtoff did not observe the objects through binoculars as she told me she was wearing tri-focal glasses. The Airforce spotter she mentions was myself, a misquote I am sure, due to poor reporting.

The newspapers have been calling me a couple of times each day since Monday. Also other people who have seen things in the past, being friends of the people Max and I have interviewed lately. I made an appointment just a few minutes ago to meet a Mrs. Butler on Monday next to see a report of a sighting she made of a UFO from the CPR train while travelling through the Rockies last June. She informs me she copied down what she saw immediately. It should be a good one.

Just now a phone call from Max. He just this minute received a phone call from a Mrs. Bales, 1840 Hollywood Crescent (which is right on the water looking south towards Port Angeles.)  

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March 27, 1965 at 11:35 PM.  

A large elongated oval like white gold colored object was seen surrounded by a light turquoise halo. The moon was to the east of the object, stars were visible and wind light. The object hovered between Trial Island (one quarter mile from shore) and Hollywood Crescent. Nothing as high as stars, sky brightly starlit. Cars passed along the road continually. At one time a large cloud bank passed between the object and shore without obliterating the glow. Object observed for 20 min. Suddenly lifted vertically in a twinkling of an eye a distance of five times its width, or better it's thickness, then just as suddenly vanished. Size was 18" at arm’s length.

Someone in the passing cars must have witnessed this also, but I guess many people are still afraid to come forward for fear of ridicule.

Yours sincerely,
P. M. H. Edwards

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