Ermis Cecconi of Powell River, B.C. watched an object from his living room window for about 5 minutes last December 31st (1967) about 7 p.m. “I noticed a light approaching over the water,” said Mr. Cecconi. “I thought at first it was an airplane, but it got bigger and bigger and it got closer and I could see that it wasn't a plane,” he said. Binoculars enabled him to observe the scene more clearly. “There seemed to be a chain of smaller lights around the main body which was pulsating as it hung motionless between Westview and Harwood.” The object seemed to be as large as an airplane and was about a mile and a half over the water, about a mile high. He watched the phenomenon for about 5 minutes when it suddenly “seemed to throw down gobs of light, which disappeared as they hit the water.” It shot off then at great speed as it rapidly disappeared.

Mr. Cecconi said the outer perimeter of lights of the UFO seemed to be revolving as he watched it through binoculars. Although the lights were clearly visible, it seemed as if the object was one complete entity, with a solid structure between the outer lights and the main light. Cecconi said it seemed to him the object was under “some kind of intelligent control” and dismissed the suggestion that he saw either weather balloons or flares. “It was moving too fast,” he said.