Flying saucers over Quesnel?

Not exactly, but several mysterious and unidentified flying objects were seen by five people in the early hours of the morning recently in the Baker Creek area.

First report came from student Jean Lavington, currently at home from UBC who was awakened about 2 a.m. May 19 by a noise like a jet plane.

Rushing to her big bedroom window, which looks out over a large field, Jean said she saw three or four white lights, one green light and one very bright, red flashing light.

She was unable to see the outline of the object but it was moving very slowly at no great height across the field. She watched it move away to the south until it passed over the horizon.

As soon as it had disappeared she heard another and called her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lavington.

A similar set of lights appeared, but by the time Mr. and Mrs. Lavington got to the window it had disappeared behind some trees.

A little while later a third object was sighted, and was clearly seen by all three watchers.

This one had three green lights, one above and two below it. Mrs. Lavington viewed the object through powerful binoculars, she said, but was unable to see much except the lights.

A fourth object was later sighted, which Mrs. Lavington described as like a 'star'. All objects were travelling in a north to south direction.

Finally, a fifth object was seen which appeared to hang suspended in the sky. It hung as a cluster of green lights with a flashing red light. Mrs. Lavington said at times it appeared to turn, showing as an almost straight line or part of a circle.

The three watched it for 30 minutes. It was still in the sky when they returned to their beds.

Driving to Quesnel next day the Lavington family enquired of a neighbour 15 miles nearer town whether she had seen anything the night before, and the lady corroborated what the Lavingtons had seen.

The other lady had awoken her hired hand to see the strange phenomena (-on) which appeared as an undulating red light.

So far, the mystery remains unexplained.