Monday, August 9th, Reeve Schou and other passengers on the steamer Rithet plying the waters of the Strait of Georgia, saw what appeared to be a very bright red "star" surrounded by a luminous, cigar-shaped, halo. The thing moved slowly, maintaining a constant altitude above the water and: ". . . occasionally there seemed to drop from the bright red star a shower of sparks . . . " (47.) - - -