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Reported
5-Sept-2026
1996, Langley,
BC:
(11:30pm)
Date of
Sighting: Approximately 1996
(approx. 30 years ago from 2026)
Time: Approximately 11:30 PM Local
Location:
16th Avenue, Aldergrove, British
Columbia, Canada. Directly above
high-voltage
transmission lines, less than 2
miles north of Canada/US border
(Aldergrove/Lynden crossing
area). Clear evening sky.
Reporting
Organization: Originally
filed with MUFON (Mutual UFO
Network) - seeking archive
retrieval. Re-filed 2026 for
preservation.
Object
Description:
Perfectly round sphere (not a
disc). Chrome / highly reflective
metallic appearance. Estimated
diameter 90 feet by 90 feet. Three
rectangular windows estimated 25
feet in length each, spaced
around the sphere. Faint
tan-colored light emanating from
interior through windows. No
exterior
lights, no markings observed.
Behavior:
Completely stationary, hanging
directly above transmission lines.
No rotation, wobble, sound,
odor, or visible propulsion. No
movement during entire
observation. No electromagnetic
effects vehicle engine and radio
operated normally, no
interference. Vehicle restarted
without issue.
Observation
Timeline:
Witness was driving on 16th Ave,
observed object over power lines,
pulled over and exited
vehicle. Observed for a few
minutes outside vehicle.
Experienced sudden feeling of
fear/apprehension. Returned to
vehicle, started car successfully,
drove away. Object was still
stationary and visible in rearview
mirror upon departure. Total
estimated duration: 15-20+
minutes, still present when
witness left.
Witnesses:
One primary witness outside
vehicle.
Weather:
Clear, good visibility.
Notes for Investigator: Witness
states object was spherical, not
disc-shaped. Chrome finish. No
sound or smell. Tan interior
light. Less than 2 miles from
border. Car was unaffected. Object
did
not depart during observation -
was still present on leaving.
31-Aug-2026,
False Creek,
BC:
(4:25 pm)
From
August 31st 2026 between 1625
- 1643 around 20 minutes we
see this strange craft
Vancouver, BC False Creek
Olympic Village area. My
friend saw it beside BC Place
and it was around the height
of the windows under the dome.
This thing looked metallic
reflecting the sunlight,
disk-like but with what looked
like a large arm underneath,
very large like the size of a
coach bus, moving East and
climbing.
11-Aug-2026,
Near Tumbler
Ridge, Peace
River
District, BC:
(11:15 pm)
Summary of
my family's encounter by Gemini is
below, but ill aslo put it in my
own words.
it was late, around 10:45 on
August 11th, me and my family
where headed back home, out from
the Sukunka Forest Road, when the
sky cleared up and we stopped to
look at the stars, this was at
about 11 pm i was setting up my
camera, as the night sky was
amazing i was capturing the
milkyway when my wife told me to
look at the sky off to my right
and in the sky was a strange light
that fanned out like a pie chart
in opposite directions(i now know
this is called a Drumbbell
shape) the light seemed to
be admitting from a central dark
orb and the the pie shaped light
getting squashed into the center
orb (there may have been a
squashed ring of light around the
central orb but it was hard to
tell as the mountains ridges where
very foggy) the object started in
the NNW and travel SSE (roughly
over the Brule mines) untill it
was obstructed by the trees on the
side of the road the sighting
lasted about 2-5 mins. with all
5(myself, wife and 3 kids) of us
seeing the lights. We tried to
video the light(11:15pm), but the
camera did not pick up the light,
so it's basically just audio of
the family being confused by the
light, as there was no sound
coming from the object or in the
valley at all .
this morning i was curious, so I
started a convo with Gemini to
find a reasonable explanation. I
have saved the whole conversation
as well, and below is a breakdown
of our conversation. I've also
included a photo showing a
rough-drawn trajectory of the
object's flight path and the video
we attempted to capture (i
also have photos of the MilkyWay
during the same time, but I didn't
notice anything odd in them
besides catching a meteor). We
also got hit with a G1 or G2
magnetic storm that night, as well
as peak meteor shower time.
SIGHTING METRICS
----------------
* Sighting Status: High-Potential
Multi-Witness Event (5 Active
Observers)
* Date of Event: August 11, 2026
* Time of Event: 11:15 PM MST
* Primary Location: Sukunka Forest
Service Road (North of the Black
Diamond Mine area)
* Region: Near Tumbler Ridge,
Peace River District, British
Columbia, Canada
* Environmental Conditions:
High-density mountain fog,
ground-level mist, absolute
nighttime silence.
GEOGRAPHIC & TRAJECTORY
ANALYSIS
--------------------------------
The witnesses were static on the
Sukunka Forest Service Road,
looking across the river valley
floor directly over the Brule Mine
complex. The object executed a
flat, uniform, linear flight
trajectory traveling from the
North-Northeast (NNE) to the
South-Southwest (SSW).
The total duration of continuous
visual observation lasted between
2 to 4 minutes. The object
maintained a steady, moderate
cruising velocity until the thick
mountain tree line and dense
canopy permanently obstructed the
witnesses' sightline.
PHYSICAL & LUMINOUS
CHARACTERISTICS
------------------------------------
* Central Core: The central axis
of the object consisted of a
clearly defined, non-luminous,
dark orb-shaped center.
* Light Field Geometry: Two broad,
structurally rigid bands of solid,
unchanging, whitish light
projected outward from the core in
opposite directions.
* Interaction with Environment:
Due to heavy moisture and mist
hanging in the canyon, the light
underwent distinct Mie scattering.
This caused the light paths to
cleanly illuminate, fanning out
with sharp, geometric edges
resembling sections of a "pie
chart."
* Compression Phenomenon: The
illumination did not softly bleed
out or halo into the fog. Instead,
the white light fields appeared
tightly constricted or "squished"
into a sharp center point
immediately surrounding or
entering the central dark core,
indicating a highly localized
field boundary.
TECHNICAL DISCREPANCIES &
ANOMALOUS KINEMATICS
----------------------------------------------
* Acoustic Profile: Despite
tracking low across mountain
ridges in an exceptionally quiet
wilderness valley, the object
generated 0 decibels of sound.
There was a complete absence of
jet propulsion rumble, drone rotor
thrum, or atmospheric sonic
displacement across the entire
4-minute transit. This completely
rules out conventional aircraft
operating at peak-canopy altitude.
* Optical Sensor Failure: All five
family members observed the object
vividly with the naked eye.
Multiple independent attempts to
record or photograph the anomaly
via smartphone cameras resulted in
a total data failure (images
returned completely black or
failed to capture the light
fields).
* Technical Explanation: This
behavior matches an object
emitting structural energy
primarily in the near-infrared
spectrum (which standard mobile
IR-cut filters automatically
block) combined with the dynamic
range limitations of mobile
sensors attempting to focus
against pitch-black mountain fog.
I have been holding on to this
one for a while. But I feel I need to
report it while it might still hold some
relevence to the investigative community.
In the summer of 2021 I was traveling
north on highway 97 with my family. More
specifically it was July 21 at
approximately 2pm. We were coming back
home to Fort St. John from our annual
summer vacation at Stuart Lake, BC. I was
driving a 2018 Ford F150 and pulling
behind me a 2013 33.5 foot Ultralite
Rockwood holiday trailer.
In the vehicle, passenger side, was my
wife Melanie. In the vehicle with us we
had our 4 children. At the time they were
between the ages of 5 and 12.
It was a particularly windy day, and with
the trailer being an ultra light it wanted
to fishtail as soon as I approached
100km/hr. So to keep control I had slowed
down to between 80 and 90km/hr. I remember
I had vehicles backed up behind me waiting
to pass. As we were approaching Salmon
Valley, my Apple music started to cut out,
as it sometimes does, which was
frustrating because I like to listen to
music when I drive. I was talking to my
wife when I saw it. About half way across
the field on the right hand side of the
vehicle was an object. It was a narrow
field so I feel like it couldn't have been
more than 150 yards away. On the opposite
side of the highway were 2 large navy blue
silos.
The object was hovering about 30 feet in
the air. It was bright silver in color,
perfectly smooth and looked to be
metallic. It had the the shape of a liquid
gel capsule and was to my best
approximation about the size of a
microwave oven. Even though it was
incredibly windy the object appeared to be
completely stationary in the air. As soon
as I saw it I pointed at it and said to my
wife look do you see that? She
acknowledged that she could also see it.
Then I asked the kids if they could see
it, it took them a moment but the 3 oldest
confirmed they could see it. None of the
kids seem to remember the event any more,
but my wife and I do.
At the time I wanted to pull over and
started to brake but then decided it was
to dangerous with all the vehicles backed
up behind me, the narrow road shoulder,
and a bend in the road approaching. So
instead I slowed down as much as I felt
was safe to get as long of a look as
possible. I would say I had eyes on it for
about 10 seconds or so before I lost sight
of it but it was long enough to take a
good mental picture.
19-Jun-2026,
Idleback Lake, Penticton
BC: (10:15 am)
My
partner and I were camping
at Idleback lake rec site
(about 40 minutes east of
Penticton) and saw
something strange in the
sky the night of June 19.
Around roughly 10:15 pm (I
wasn't really checking the
time, but that seems
close) my partner saw some
weird large flashing light
in the sky. I only caught
a glimpse so I didn't
think much of it. Maybe
10-15 minutes later, I saw
it clearly in a completely
different part of the sky.
It was a white light-
significantly larger than
any star, plane, or
satellite. It was a bit
less bright too- kind of
like a spotlight projected
onto a cloud, but there
were no clouds. It was a
sort of fat crescent
shape. It flashed a couple
of times, and then
disappeared. A few minutes
later, we saw it again in
another part of the sky.
• Date:
June 19, 2026
• Time: Roughly 10:15. I left my
phone in the tent at 10 so I
wasn't checking it after that.
• Location: Idleback Lake
recreation site
• Direction Facing: First was
closer to the east side of the
sky, second was closer to the west
side, last was directly overhead
• Direction Object(s) moving: it
was not moving when visible
• Speed of Object(s): n/a
• Duration of Sighting: just a
couple of seconds each time it
flashed, spread out over under 20
minutes
• How the Sighting Ended: it
simply stopped flashing. I waited
another 15-20 minutes to see if I
could spot it again but I didn't
• Number of object(s): either 1
that moved, or 3
• Description of Object(s):
Flashing light in the sky.
Appeared very large relative to
other sky lights such as planes
and stars, but maybe it was
closer. A glowing white fat
crescent shape.
• Apparent altitude of Object(s):
Hard to say. Probably a little
lower than a plane
• Sounds (if any): none
• Any other details?: There were a
few other people at the lake but
it wasn't so imposing that it
would be easy to miss if you
weren't actively looking at the
sky. There may be other witnesses
but maybe not.
13-Jun-2026,
North Vancouver, BC: (5:30 pm)
UFO*BC Received this photo from
a witness.
It was concluded that it was a
"Happy Face and a couple of numbers 1 and
1, or two letters. The North
Vancouver RCMP came with the same
conclusion.
Location: Highway 97C (Okanagan
Connector), climbing the eastbound hill
immediately out of Merritt, British
Columbia. Facing west/northwest across the
Nicola Valley.
Date: Mid-May 2018 (Coinciding
with the historic 50-year spring
flood/freshet storm events).
Time: Approximately 18:15 –
19:00 PDT (Evening twilight/golden hour).
Witness Position: Passenger on a
commercial Ebus route travelling from
Vancouver to Kelowna.
________________________________________ Description of the
Event:
While travelling eastbound on
the commercial Ebus out of Merritt, the
bus driver made an announcement warning
passengers that we were heading into an
extreme storm front. Looking out the
west-facing window of the bus, I observed
a massive, highly structured aerial
anomaly positioned directly across the
valley, sitting immediately adjacent to a
large, rapidly moving plume of storm
clouds.
Object Characteristics & Scale:
• Shape/Structure: The
object was highly distinct, geometric, and
strongly resembled the wedge-like design
of an imperial star cruiser.
• Estimated Size:
Massive, "Dreadnought" or "Mothership"
class. The physical scale appeared large
enough to house an estimated 40,000 to
50,000 individuals, spanning a significant
portion of the sky and matching the
vertical height of the surrounding storm
clouds.
• Movement: Completely
stationary.
Anomalous
Interaction & Cloaking Mechanics:
The craft appeared to be
utilizing an active cloak, but its
presence was made highly visible by its
interaction with the local weather
environment. While the craft itself
remained perfectly motionless, the
fast-moving storm clouds did not break
apart or tumble unevenly against it.
Instead, the clouds flowed smoothly and
perfectly around the contours of the
structure, creating a tight, form-fitting
"Saran wrap" or negative-space effect
against the craft's boundary field.
Because the craft remained completely
still while the cloud mass rapidly moved
past it, it demonstrated an independent
stabilization system entirely unaffected
by the severe wind shear of the 50-year
storm.
Due to the bus driver explicitly
announcing the storm cell, the flight
path/trajectory of this storm is
well-documented in regional meteorological
data from May 2018. I am requesting a
database cross-reference to see if:
1. Any other passengers
or the driver from this specific evening
Ebus route filed a matching report.
2. Any commercial truck
drivers or residents in the Merritt/Nicola
Valley area reported anomalous "negative
space" cloud formations or radar anomalies
on the western valley ridges during the
mid-May 2018 flood window
On Thursday, April 23, 2026, at
about 9:30 p.m., I was with a friend,
Kenny. We were driving west on 19th Avenue
near Victoria Drive, beside Trout Lake
Park in East Vancouver.
We saw what at first looked like a plane.
It was very low—just above the buildings
and trees—and directly in line with 19th
Avenue, right above the street to the
west. It appeared as a white light, about
the same intensity as a plane coming in
for a landing, so that was my initial
impression.
However, it then seemed to move away from
us, to the left. I realized that if you
see a jet coming in for a landing, a white
light like that would indicate it is
moving toward you, not away. That is when
I said to Kenny, “Maybe it’s a UFO.” He
agreed, and we both began to suspect that
it was indeed a UFO.
Later, at 10:24 p.m., I received a
Facebook Messenger message from Aaron. He
wrote: “Look up Northwest sky’s Hovering
object and another just like it keeps
coming into sight and then disappearing.”
I was surprised because he is someone I
had only met once, and we had shared an
interest in extraterrestrials. I felt it
was more than a coincidence that he
contacted me at that time. His message
further convinced both Kenny and me that
we had seen a real UFO, as Aaron appeared
to be observing the same object at roughly
the same time.
Reported
16-Mar-2026
19-Feb-2026, Powell River,
BC: (7 PM)
Hi UFOBC,
I was pleased to find two other
February 19th reports on your site of the same phenomena that I saw.
I believe my sighting was a clearer observation than the
information that I am getting from the
Lion's Bay and Burnaby sightings. Due to
the remote, dark location of my sighting and its geographical distance
from the Vancouver area sightings it will help with identification
characteristics. I have attached a sketch.
- I had just anchored my
sailboat in the Copeland Island group (fifteen nautical miles north
of Powell River) at 18:55 PST on Thursday February 19th 2026. The moon
was no longer visible and I had been enjoying observing stars in the
dark, night sky - it was a clear night with crisp visibility. The ufo
appeared at approximately 35 degrees above the horizon, viewed
bearing 280 degree True (just north of
west), and traveling with a steady
speed and course towards south-east.
- Earlier, sailing north
in the dark, I had had two float planes
and a helicopter fly past me at the
usual speed and elevation that you would expect to see them, with one of
them displaying a landing light when it was head on to me - the ufo's
center light seemed to have slightly
less brightness in my recall.
- Without having a scale
reference of the unknown object/lights I was unable to estimate its
distance from me, nor its speed. It
occurred to me that the ufo was making
its way across the sky at the same rate as either a smaller float-plane
not too far away, or, a fast passenger jet at their higher altitude - I
would estimate that I was watching it for about 40-50 seconds as it
crossed a horizontal arc of sky of about eighty degrees. It seemed to be
heading in a south-easterly direction towards Vancouver.
- It was a startling sight
as I had never seen anything like it - I have worked forty years as a
professional and recreational mariner on all three of Canada's oceans.
It first drew my attention due to its size
- judged by coverage of the sky it
was about two to three moon diameters. It was a white light
(brighter than the planets but lesser than a plane landing light),
within a much larger haze-sphere surrounding it. The central
largish light-center had a distinct,
white, narrow cone of light extend
vertically up and down to the edges of the light sphere/haze. The central
light was perhaps a quarter to third moon diameter - much too large to be
a normal airplane light. The light sphere/haze had the
luminosity that I would expect the
central light to project if it were in cloud -
however there was no haze on this crystal clear night. I next
noticed that further ahead in its
horizontal direction of travel was a set
of three much smaller points of white light. These lights were on a
slight diagonal vertically above each other in a tight cluster, and
yet well above the line of travel of the larger light sphere, and about
a sphere diameter ahead. They could barely be discerned as separate
points of light without the seven times multiplication of 7x50 marine
binoculars. These smaller lights were in lockstep movement with the
sphere, and yet I could not discern a physical fuselage or
craft-shape joining the smaller lights
with the larger sphere. All of the
lights observed were white and fixed ie.
there were no flashing lights (which
all planes have). There was no sound, and it faded to a star's brightness
in the direction of Vancouver. It
did not respond when I flashed a
bright light at it.
There was a mention that it may
have been an artifact of the space rocket launch that evening.
However, my research indicates the rocket launch and recovery occurred
ninety minutes earlier, and was to the
east - the opposite direction.
If the ufo was in low orbit then its scale was tremendous. How could the
Lion's Bay and Burnaby sighting both have occurred 'about' 7pm and yet my
sighting was also about 7pm whilst seventy-five miles north?
Either we were looking at different
objects with a similar description, or,
we were looking at the same object far, far away - as in orbit. My wife
joined me on deck and we had long enough to trade the binoculars a
couple of times as it went by - she
confirms my own observations
above. I have no sense of what I was
looking at - in almost four weeks since then
I could not make a guess.
Thanks for reading! Andy G.,
Comox, BC
UFO*BC Responds:
Hello Andy,
Thank-you for
the report and for the phone call (I
have been trying to reach you for the
last week but TELUS always claims there
was an error when trying to connect to
your number - hoping you aren't having
phone issues?).
The image below is from
https://satellitemap.space/
You can enter any satellite and see
where it was at any point in time. The
highlighted one below is a member of the
StarLink cluster.
The direction, time and speed matches it
perfectly.
However, as others have noted
part of the cargo ship itself was
in-line with the same flightpath:
Mission bc March 2 2026 around 5
pm towards dewdney trunk and cedar,
possible large drone. My point of view is
north from 7 th ave. It hovered for
at least a minute then moved to the left
then hovered for another minute then came
towards me and seemed to change direction
from west to east slightly. Then it
flew over the house towards Abbotsford.
The lights were red and blue. Seemed like
it was at least 4 to 6 feet wide. I have a
parrot AR2 and this was way way larger.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank you very much for your
report and for getting it to us so soon
after the sighting.
You mention the estimated size of the
object and that it had red and blue
lights - were you able to see any of the
body of the craft itself? How were the
lights behaving - flashing etc?
You've provided a lot of important
details already. We do have a few more
standard questions for you to help us
better understand and document what you
saw. We would appreciate if you could
please provide more information on the
following:
• Speed of Object(s)
• Duration of Sighting
• How the Sighting Ended
• Number of object(s)
• Description of Object(s)
• Apparent altitude of Object(s)
• Sounds (if any)
• Any other details?
Thank you again for your report.
Holly
Witness Responds:
My back patio faces north. I'm
at Hurd and 7th Avenue approximately. I
always watch jets going and coming to
YVR and local air traffic like the white
trainer going by almost daily. So I'm
used to seeing objects in the distance.
This one caught my eye as it was moving
in a straight line and then hovering.
This is the first time ever seeing this,
we have been here since 2014.
Well it lasted about 3 or 4 minutes, I
wish I grabbed my camera but I didn't
want to miss it. The lights were not
blinking I only noticed the lights once
it got closer and flew towards
Abbotsford parallel to Wren Street at
about 100 feet.
I first noticed it in the distance
placing it somewhere over the beginning
of Cedar and Dewdney Trunk but it might
have been further back. It was a black
object against the sky. It had to be
around 300 to 400 feet up. I saw a plane
fly what looked like slightly above it.
It was hovering for like 60 sec then it
moved and I caught it, started watching
it. It moved to the left in straight
line then stopped. It hovered there for
about 15 sec then it seemed like it was
projected something, it seemed it had an
arm or something dangling, maybe 8 feet.
Then it moved to the left and
hovered and then it came towards me on
7th but was still back behind the
ballpark when it went to the left 100
feet then to the right about the same in
a line, then it came towards me at 7th
and Hurd. It was over the school or Wren
Street and I thought it was a drone as
it did not make a lot of noise. It was
about 80 to 100 feet when it flew over.
That is when I noticed the lights.
It seemed to travel fairly fast,
at least 50 mph I thought it may have had
a black and white shaped body but it went
over fairly quickly to my left. Just the
one drone or UFO. it gave me the
impression it was bigger than my own drone
by a lot! I would say it was at
least 4 to 6 feet long. It went towards
Abbotsford I didn't go around the front to
follow it, as I thought it was a police
drone? I'm not really sure what it
was but it didn't make much noise but I'm
hard of hearing.. anyway, I will look
again tomorrow.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank you again for providing more
information about your sighting. We
discussed your report at our meeting this
week. My colleague mentioned that
Abbotsford Police do operate a drone
similar to your description:
I was out walking my dog near a
park across the street from BCIT around
7pm tonight. I looked at the Moon and
suddenly saw a white vertical beam of
light with a small white light in the
middle. I thought it was some kind of
optical effect from moonlight or from
clouds but there were no clouds. It
started moving towards my direction. I let
out a loud "Whoa!!" as I watched it come
closer. I covered the light from a
streetlight across the street with my hand
so I could see better. That's when I
noticed it was now 2 small white lights
spaced apart moving together and I got the
sense that they were attached to
something. I watched it until they
vanished into thin air. I've lived in
Burnaby for 26 years and have seen almost
20 UFOs. I was creeped out by this one.
Reported 19-Feb-2026 19-Feb-2026, Lions Bay, BC:
(7:07 pm)
Wondering what this is…
Plane, drone, helicopter etc seemed
unlikely. No flashing lights.
Video taken around 7pm.
Click on Image above to view Video
Additional Witness Information:
Looks like it was part of the Falcon launch
today. Makes sense as to what I saw. Plumage was
created by off-gassing, tank purge, gas venting,
alt control, etc,
I live just east of Kamloops in
the community of Barnhartvale. I wish to
share a very unusual experience that
occurred back in early August of 2025. On
the evening of the 10th my wife and son
and I were in our backyard enjoying the
colors of the sunset relaxing with our two
dogs. That night the weather was clear and
calm with scattered clouds to the west. My
son Nolan was taking a series of sunset
pics on his Samsung S24 Ultra smartphone
when he looked startled and said I think
my phone just glitched. He was staring at
the screen on his phone and seemed very
confused. I asked him what was wrong and
he said look at what my phone just
captured. I walked over to him and looked
at the screen and was startled to see the
clouds to the west were bathed in
brilliant blue and purple shades instead
of normal red and orange hues. Then I
noticed something very odd in the picture
below the clouds and seemingly hovering
low over the river valley was a distinct
red triangle looking object. When I saw
this object I immediately got goosebumps
and said I think your phone just captured
a UAP. During and after this occurrence
there was no noise associated with any
aircraft or drones flying nearby. In fact
remembering back it was quiet and calm
with no winds. Our house is located
directly beneath the ILS flight path for
aircraft coming to Kamloops from the east
such as West Jet and Air Canada that
routinely fly over with regular flight
schedules. This red triangular object was
also too low to be considered any private
or commercial aircraft.
A few minutes later I asked my son to use
the camera features to zoom in on just the
red triangle and apply a basic black and
white filter to attempt to get a more
clearer image. What the phone then
displayed made my jaw drop as both of us
just stared at the image in amazement.
This object had small lights that outlined
the airframe with two larger distinct
lights at the corners. The main body of
the craft looks raised with what can only
be described as windows or viewing ports
on the top side. The body looks like it
has corners and seems shaped similar to
the F117 Stealth fighter from a head on
view perspective. Again this is my opinion
to what I see when looking at the image
and I look forward to reading what other
people think it is or could be. I am not
going to declare this a UFO with aliens
flying around Kamloops but I am not going
to rule it out either. My personal belief
is that this is probably a classified
military craft that might be utilizing
technology in propulsion that was reversed
engineered from crashed craft over the
decades and fine tuned at Groom Lake. I
only say that because of what occurred
earlier in the day. The red triangle
wasn't the only odd and strange aircraft
in our skies that day. At around lunch
time on the 10th my wife and I were on our
way to grab some groceries when we heard
low flying helicopters approaching from
the east of our house. Moments later to
our astonishment a flight of AH-64 Apache
gunships flew directly over the house in a
follow the leader formation heading west
towards our airport YKA. I have lived at
our current location for over 20 years and
have never witnessed these type of
helicopters flying around Kamloops.
Apparently it turns out these gunships
were en route to Alaska for the Trump and
Putin summit. They were filmed landing at
the airport and taking on fuel before
heading out later in the day. I can't say
for sure if the two incidents are related
or mere coincidence but that remains one
of the questions for me and my family.
We are hoping someone or somebody with far
more expertise in these cases can help
explain the pictures which is what I am
seeking. I would love to hear what some
experts in the field of UAP investigations
might think what is in the image and why
did the camera display the strange
picture. The pictures before and after
show a normal sunset with nothing unusual.
I can attest that no CGI or AI was used in
any of these pics which was verified by a
RCMP visual forensics member after
receiving the pic from a friend who is a
work colleague of my wife. Apparently the
original picture was scrutinized by RCMP
software that proved the pic was original
and was not manipulated in any manner. The
other interesting thing the member said
the craft has two distinct surface
coatings. The underside or belly was
translucent or reflective with the top
side having a type of UV or flat grey
finish. This individual said he was not at
liberty to discuss the picture other than
those two facts and was told the matter is
closed as far as the RCMP is concerned.
The original pic and RCMP findings
apparently then were handed over to CSIS.
As of today we have not had any response
from MUFON Canada to whom I reached out
with this incident and are hoping somebody
at UFO BC can help explain this strange
occurrence. We are not seeking publicity
in regards to this incident we just want
some educated reasoning or explanations
that might make sense. The two pics I am
forwarding are the original pic that show
the weird cloud color and red triangle and
the zoomed in pic with black and white
filter. Look forward to your reply and any
info you can provide.
Regards
UFO*BC Responds:
If I am not mistaken, it was not
visible to the naked eye – is that
correct?
The issue with most smartphones cameras,
which are not usually prevalent on DSLR
cameras, is that of artifact creation. As the lens on the camera is
quite small, the ‘trick’ is often employed
to use software (image processing) to
address things such as low light
conditions (like those found at sunsets)
and employ anti-glare reflective coatings. These sometimes can create some
strange looking things, such as ‘ghosting’
or lens-flare like “objects” …
So, on the balance of
probability, what you caught was nothing
more than a quirk of the camera on the
smartphone.
HOWEVER:
Having said all of that, the
shape you captured is obviously very
ubiquitous in the UFO/UAP field of study,
so it also is possible that you caught
something that was perhaps not easily
visible in standard wavelength (yet caught
by the sensors of the camera).
Generally speaking, smartphone cameras can
detect 350nm to 1100nm, covering
ultraviolet (UV), visible (400nm-700nm),
and near-infrared (NIR) light. So - it is
possible that the camera may have caught
something that the filters didn’t block
out?
To whom it may concern, Hello my
name is XXX (name withheld) and I want to report
a sighting I had back in August of 1996. It was
in the middle of August in Keremeos, BC. It was
mid month on a weekend.
I was 9 years old. I had just spent the summer
at my grandparent's house in Abbotsford BC with
my two brothers. We were driving back to our
home town of Oliver with my grandparents. We
always stopped in Keremeos, BC to buy fruit on
our way home, so we did just that. We stopped at
the Mariposa Fruit Stand. My brothers and I were
stoked as we were hoping to get one of the fancy
new toonies that just rolled out in our change.
While gathering Fruit to buy there was a scream
from a lady in the parking lot and she was
pointing at the hill side. "THERE'S A UFO!" She
yelled.. needless to say we all dropped
everything and ran to see it. No one said a
thing after that as we stared at this massive
(probably a couple hundred feet in diameter)
saucer slowly rising from the hill top behind
the fruit stand. We could see it rotating. It
had a silver body with a black or dark dome top.
We watched it slowly rise to about 1-200 above
the hillside. It hovered there motionless, other
than the rotation. It sat there for about five
to ten seconds before shooting off into the sky,
almost as if it just vanished.
There was at least 8-10 other people there who
saw it, not including myself or my 4 family
members. After it shot off, we all were puzzled
and silent. Even myself and my two brothers
(aged 7) were silent. We went back to buying our
stuff. Everyone was in shock. People were
silent. Needless to say, we never got our
toonies either.
Ive been interviewed by the "UFOTalker" podcast
a few months ago (episode not aired yet), he
asked a few good questions that I didn't have
answers for.. like "could you see a haze or
field around the craft?" I cant remember if I
did. "Did you see any distortions, ie like heat
waves?" No, well I may have, but Keremeos is on
the edge of the desert and it can easily get 40+
degrees, seeing heat waves was a normal
occurrence, so I may have not recognized that it
came from the craft.
This incident happened mid-day, on a hot sunny
cloudless day in the middle of August 96. Before
it shut down, I would regularly make posts on
the website abovetopsecret, but never found
traction. Ive searched every site i can. Ive
been using Gemini to do deep research on this
almost every week now and still see nothing. I
get blocked from most ufo groups on Facebook
here in Canada. Mufon is a complete joke. Their
ai posts are garbage. They don't engage, don't
answer questions. They don't allow you to get
your story out.
I dont know what to expect, even if the story
just gets put into the zeitgeist, im ok with
that. I doubt anything will come from this, but
I just wanted to let people know.
Thank you for your time. I will include a screen
shot of the exact spot we all saw it and the
approximate size. The shape was similar to that
of the Bob Lazar "Sports model" but it had a
black top. I used to think I saw body panels
because I could clearly tell it was spinning, if
it was completely smooth you wouldn't be able to
tell. But the Bob Lazar "Sports Model" has
depressions on it, so maybe that's what I saw
spinning.
Thank you.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the report!
I know you provided a great
deal of information already, but was
wondering if you could “fill in” the following
form to the best of your abilities. We can
certainly do so on your behalf, but we prefer
to get the witness to do so, as it often jogs
memories of the event.
Witness Responds:
• Date :
It was August of
'96. One of the weekends in the middle. And I
can't remember if it was a Saturday or a
Sunday.
• Time : mid day between
11am and 1pm.
• Location: Keremeos, British Columbia
at the Mariposa Fruit stand on highway 3.
• Direction Facing: it was a saucer.
It rose from either the top of the mountain or
behind the mountain. It was not tilted. It
looked plumb and level.
• Direction Object(s) moving: it rose
up from behind or on top of the mountain (more
of a large hill) behind the fruit stand.
When i got to the parking lot I could see that
the craft was just slightly above the hill and
I watched it rise for approximately 3 seconds
• Speed of Object(s): before it
hovered it was lifting at a slow pace. I saw
it rising for about three seconds before it
stopped. I remember it stopping almost as soon
as I got to the parking lot. It had to be
moving less than 50 kph. As it hovered only
like 100-200 feet above the hillside.
• Duration of Sighting: 15-20 seconds.
• How the Sighting Ended: It shot
straight up into the air at inhuman speeds. It
felt fake. Like you didn't see it go up, but
there was a brief streak straight up into the
sky for a split second. • Number of object(s): 1.
• Description of Object(s): it was a
large slim saucer with a black top. Extremely
similar to the Bob Lazar sports model. You
could tell it was spinning as you could see it
had either like body panels or depressions on
the surface. I could not tell what it was, but
its like a yo-yo. If you take one that's
smooth, no sticker or name imprint on it, when
you throw it you can't tell that its spinning.
But if there is a mark, you can see the blur
of something going by.
• Apparent altitude of Object(s): it
was about 100-200 feet above the hillside.
Using a topographical map of the hill, it
shows that the hill is roughly 560m to 570m
tall. So the height [elevation] of that craft
was roughly 1,840 - 1,870 feet.
• Sounds (if any): absolutely nothing.
Not even a sound when it shot off in the sky. • Any other details?: The things
from my sighting that I didn't notice was that
there were were no lights, no visible windows,
no haze, no magical flowing or glowing stuff
around it. It was literally as described, a
metal saucer with a black top. I wish I saw
all that stuff though. I'm jealous of those
who have. HaHa.
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