January 20, 1968
Mrs. E. Keller
415 Reece W.
Chilliwack, B.C.
CANADA

Mr. L.J. Lorenzen, Director,
Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
3910 East Kleindale Rd.
Tucson, Ariz. 85716 U.S.A.

Dear sir:
Thank you very much for letter (27 Dec. '67) and enclosed forms. As I do not know now and never will know what the moving lighted object was, I may be better off to forget about it.

I do not remember the exact date, about the first of Oct. '67 at 11 p.m. I was as always at this time of night outside in our back garden with my dog. The sky was partly cloudy, of the low type - looked like stratocumulus, some stars visible. No moon, and according to the calendar it was new moon. No wind and I do not remember the exact temperature, maybe 45 degrees above. We had rain the previous days and the weather started to clear that night. I was looking north and at about 40 degrees elevation a light appeared, shaped like two soup dishes put together face to face, then it moved in a wobbly way up about 45 to 50 degrees and at the same time to NW, then back again to its original position. Then it took off at lightning speed and disappeared in a NW direction. It took no more than 2 to 3 minutes at the most from the time I first noticed it to its disappearance. I enjoyed the unexpected pretty light and did not ask myself at this moment what it could be. Only minutes afterwards as I stood there wondering over its origin, I became somewhat annoyed at the possible answer: a U.F.O? No, not for me, they don't exist. See, I am not a religious person, no fanatic of any kind, I always like to see things as they really are. It was about 5-7 miles away and size at arm's length about 28". There was no sound, no clear-cut outlines as it was behind a very thin white cloud, no single bright light, an oval-shaped light about 28". The mountain outlines were below it. There is no airforce or airport or weather station north of Chilliwack.

I was there in the garden by myself, as always, and did not know what to say to my husband when I returned into the house and looked as if I had seen a ghost. When I did tell him about it, he halfway serious and halfway kidding said, maybe it was a flying saucer. We never talked about it since, thank God.

I am interested in books on astronomy and enjoy finding different constellations and am able to tell the time by the position of the stars. Would have liked to continue at the local flying club to get my private pilot’s licence but money-wise we just can not afford it. I had only grade XI education in my native Vienna, Austria and spent two years on a "kinotheodolite" on the Baltic Sea in Germany during the last war, which also included the developing of yards and yards of 35mm film. Did the same work then in Canada 1951 for the Dept of Nat. Defence in Ottawa (microfilming) (16mm and 35mm). Later on I learned photographic plate-making and offset-printing in Calgary Alta. Had my own portrait studio from '62-'64 and worked since '64 as matron for the R.C.M. Police.

Please do not mention this strange lighted object I have seen, in connection with my name. Many people here do not wish to admit that there might be something more than fiction to unknown flying objects. Maybe I am a 'sissy' myself and hate to accept new facts. I shall fill in the application blank for membership in the near future.

Yours truly
Elizabeth Keller

P.S. a "kino-theodolite" is (or was) used by the Luftwaffe's training and research stations on the Baltic Sea coast, 35mm exposure had 360 degrees marked on it plus the angle of elevation (on one theodolite) and the angle from right to left (right ascension) on the other theodolite, of the aircraft or other to be tested.

This is also just between you and me, please!