Jan-2000,
Victoria: (11:00 pm)
Witnesses
Brian & Darren were watching two clouds
travelling SW - SE towards Victoria when they
observed a very large triangular object with a
light in each corner. This remained above them
for a period of ten minutes. Brian said, "what
if the lights went out?" Within one minute they
did! Then they saw three "clouds" assemble into
a huge saucer that appeared to be concealing
something inside. It later took off. Total
viewing time three hours. Despite it being very
cold with snow on the ground they stood their
ground during this time. Darren is a
professional photographer and took three
pictures.
2-Jan-2000, Steveston:
(early am)
A woman was returning to her
bedroom after going to the bathroom when she saw
a "craft" through her north-facing window. It
had rotating perimeter lights and was
approaching fast! Suddenly the craft reversed
direction and receded from her. She then saw a
spiralling cone-shaped light. Total viewing time
was only a few seconds. She initially thought it
might be a helicopter, but realized there had
been no sound.
2-Jan-2000, Mission:
(1:15 am)
While travelling from an
outside shed back to his trailer home, the
witness was amazed to see a silver,
saucer-shaped object hovering outside his
bedroom window! It was 1 ½ times the length of a
panel van and 1 ½ times the height. The craft
was stationary with no sound. It had dull white
lights circling its perimeter. Through a large
vertical window in the craft, the witness could
see a man in coveralls looking back at him. The
man had a slight grin on his face but did not
look in any way unusual. The interior of the
craft was pinkish. There was a sudden flash of
light and the craft was gone! While returning
home from work, the son of the witness said he
saw a flash in the sky around 1:30 am.
4-Jan-2000, Mission:
(2:30 – 7:30 am)
Four people witnessed
"hundreds" of lights moving around in the sky
over Ruskin Dam (looking north), including some
large red ones that appeared to expand, then
split into three.
4-Jan-2000, Mission:
(6:30 – 7:15 am) (neighbours of 4 witnesses
above)
A man and his cousin watched
lights moving around the sky over Ruskin Dam.
The cousin was a confirmed skeptic until he saw
these lights.
5-Jan-2000, Mission:
(6:30 pm)
Three ladies watched several
anomalous lights performing erratic movements
over the Ruskin Dam. They watched the lights for
an extended period of time. Later that evening,
around 8:00 pm, one of the women briefly saw a
"ball of light" over the distant trees.
7-Jan-2000, Mission:
(7:30 pm)
A woman watched a large red
ball in the northern sky for about 30 seconds.
13-Jan-2000, Gibsons:
(2:00 pm)
A man was driving from
Gibsons to Roberts Creek when he spotted a black
circular object below the clouds that seemed to
be moving at the same speed and direction as he
was. The "craft" appeared to be twirling as it
proceeded through the sky. He had it in view for
about two minutes before it was lost to sight.
15-Jan-2000, Kelowna:
(1:53 pm)
Three adults were travelling
in their car when they spotted a metallic,
reddish disc in the southwestern sky. They
stopped the car and watched the object for about
two minutes as it travelled northward. There was
no noise and no contrail. They estimated that it
was about 1 kilometre away and about twice the
size of a 747 aircraft.
17-Jan-2000, Burnaby:
(11:15 pm)
The witness was outside his
basement apartment when he noticed a
cigar-shaped object with rotating, flashing red,
green, blue and white lights on its perimeter.
The object was stationary and a distant
throbbing noise (like a stationary diesel train)
could be heard. The object was southwest of the
witness and possibly located over Deer Lake. He
estimated that it was only 5 feet in length. The
man gathered another 4 witnesses and they
continued to watch the object for another twenty
minutes. At the end of that time it "vanished"
as if a light switch had been turned off.
20-Jan-2000, Kelowna:
(9:50 pm)
Three witnesses watched an
orange/yellow object travelling south to north
below the clouds. Because it seemed to be
"throwing off sparks", they thought it was a
plane on fire and phoned 911. They watched for
another 5 minutes as the object faded from
bright to dim. No noise could be heard.
30-Jan-2000, Mission:
(early am)
A man and a woman drove up
to Springvale, an elevated position near Rowley
Lake, with the intention of video taping strange
lights that they had seen on previous nights.
For a period of 2 hours they filmed a variety of
anomalous lights that varied in size, shape and
luminousity. Although the witnesses described
vivid reds ("fireballs") and metallic sheens
with accompanying brilliant blues, the camcorder
recording was much less spectacular. The tape
did show unusual lights, but nothing conclusive.
19-Feb-2000, Surrey:
(10:15 am)
The witness was a passenger
in a car travelling south on Highway 99 to
Crescent Beach when he spotted a highly
reflective, round object moving at a steady
speed in a southeast to northwest direction. The
object was at a considerable altitude, but
easily seen in the clear blue sky. After 2
minutes of observation, the object suddenly
disappeared. The witness assumes that if it had
been an aicraft that had turned, thereby
eliminating its reflective state, he should at
least have been able to see a dark outline in
the sky. He could not.
19-Feb-2000, Mission:
(11:45 pm)
A man and his wife were
travelling east on the Lougheed Highway when the
man suddenly spotted a bright "greenish" object
moving in a downward motion over Stave Lake(?).
He yelled, "Wow! Look at that!". His wife had
time to look up and also see it. They reckoned
that the viewing time was 2 to 3 seconds. The
sky was covered with low cloud.
February/March 2000,
Richmond: (11:30 pm)
"Sky was dark, no moon. I
went out for a cigarette. I always look at the
stars when I am outside. As I was looking, I saw
a very dark object, moving from east to west. If
I did not have better than 20/20 vision, I would
have missed it, as it almost blended in with the
black sky. I estimate it to be moving at around
100 kph and at an altitude of about 500 feet. It
made no sound, and being a star and airplane
buff, it was not an airplane. It had no marker
lights, strobes or any lights at all. It seemed
to have no landing gear visible, and no exhaust
ports or jets. It was very quiet, dark. The
shape was like a boomerang as it passed
overhead. As it continued away from me, I could
just make out a shape from behind. The first
thing I thought of when I saw the shape was
squashed pearls. If you picture a string of 4
black pearls on a table in a straight line, then
you bend the string in the middle so that 2
pearls are on one side of the wing, and 2 pearls
down the other side. Then you squish the pearls
down until they are oval-shaped."
"Basically, it looked similar to the stealth
bomber. It looked like a black boomerang with 4
bumps on it. It was traveling East to West, then
right before I lost sight of it behind a
building, it did a quick bank to the right and
straightened heading North West."
"Immediately after seeing this, I ran upstairs
told my wife, and called the media and asked if
there were any other reportings. They told me
there weren't any reportings, but took my name
and number down and said they will contact me if
anyone else reports anything."
7-Mar-2000,
Burnaby: (11:00 pm)
The
witness was outside his residence when a sudden
wind came up. As it did so, a large ball of
beautiful purple light "appeared" in the sky. No
sound accompanied it. The ball appeared to be
about 5 feet in diameter. As he watched, another
man approached, stopped and joined him in his
observations. The light drifted slowly towards
Deer Lake (southward) and out of sight. Total
viewing time was between 3 and 5 minutes. As
soon as the object was lost from sight, the wind
stopped!
16-Mar-2000,
Corbow Hill (near Duncan):
The
witness was at Corbow Hill, south of Duncan on
Vancouver Island, when he saw a light travelling
south to northwest in the clear night sky. He
watched it for 15 to 20 seconds. It was a white
light pulsating with varying degrees of
intensity. It seemed to be extremely high, but
moving too fast for a satellite. Behind the
light was a red metallic yellow object. It
appeared to be gaining on the light when the
light suddenly made a 90 degree turn, leaving a
red tail behind it. The trailing object then
disappeared. The witness has a private pilot’s
license.
23-Mar-2000,
Quesnel: (8:05 – 8:23 pm)
The
witness, Brad, saw a globe-shaped object with a
bright red lower half silently moving north to
northwest. It had a red flashing light that
reflected off the low cloud cover. He viewed it
with his binoculars and estimated that it was
about 1 ½ miles away, 800 feet above the ground
and travelling about 60 – 70 miles per hour. It
was eventually lost to sight in the distance. It
was also viewed by his wife and family.
29-Mar-2000,
Burnaby: (9:15 – 9:45 pm)
The
witness, his wife and mother-in-law were driving
home (heading southwest along Canada Way) when
they spotted a brilliant white "moon" over
Hastings Street (north). This object was
surrounded by ten golf-ball-sized yellow lights
(on its perimeter?). As they drove home it
seemed to follow them. On arriving home they got
out of the car to view the object. The witness
stated that it was making a noise like a
locomotive. The sky was clear with no moon in
the sky.
17-Apr-2000,
Cranbrook: (11:00 am)
A
man and his wife were out shopping and spotted a
white object, stationary in the clear sky.
Shortly after, a round black "thing" was ejected
from the object! This "craft" proceeded to
gyrate rapidly about the sky, moving first east
to west, then west to south. It completed a full
circle in the five minutes the couple watched it
before returning to their shopping.
22-Apr-2000,
Surrey: (7:45 pm)
Five
boys, aged from 11 to 14, were playing soccer at
the Cloverdale Elementary School when one of
them noticed a disc-shaped object moving across
the fairly clear sky in a east to west
direction. The object was fairly high and
appeared to be white with a black "circle"
underneath. The craft had a tilting, bobbing
motion as took about 2 minutes to cross their
field of vision. It then climbed skyward at the
same speed. No sound could be heard from it
24-Apr-2000,
Langley: (10:14 pm)
The
witness was outside her residence smoking when
she spotted 8 lights ("golden orbs") in a rough
IV formation. The lights were grouped in a 3-2-3
formation and moved in unison (attached?). They
made no noise and were in view approximately 2-3
seconds before zipping off. There were no other
witnesses.
28-Apr-2000,
Aldergrove: (10:00 pm)
"On
April 28th at approximately 10:00pm we were
driving down 264th and 16th Avenue in Aldergrove
when all of a sudden out of nowhere a bright
blue light which was followed by a tail behind
it came flying through the sky. It was not a
comet or a shooting star because it was below
the clouds. It then started to move very fast
across the sky, went about 500 feet, then
vanished."
4-May-2000,
Kamloops: (8:15 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for
this sighting.
"From my
porch I saw a triangular formation of 4 lights,
3 on the corners of the triangle and 1 large
light in the middle. It hovered around a bit
then flew in a circular motion, then it
disappeared."
6-May-2000,
Kamloops: (9:18 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for
this sighting.
"Sitting
on the back porch of my house, when I saw this
little light in the sky that was moving around
in circles. I was kind of curious, so I pulled
out some binoculars. I tried to get a good look
at it, but it was moving too much to really get
a good look. I was able to see that it was
triangular-shaped. Then it started to come
closer, and I could see it had a light on each
side. It came really close hovering about 100
feet above the ground. It hovered for quite a
while. I sat there staring at it with my mouth
open. Then all of a sudden, this giant white
light in the middle came on, lighting up
everything, nearly blinding me. I blinked a
couple times, then it was gone."
8-May-2000,
Kamloops: (9:05 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for
this sighting.
Three
people watched a large triangular object
hovering in the mountains about 6 kilometres
away. After about 5 minutes it separated into 4
more craft, each triangular with lights on each
side and a big one in the middle. After a few
minutes they combined into one and shot off into
the sky and disappeared.
May
2000, Jacko Lake, BC : (Reported
2-May-2021)
May,
2000 Jacko
Lake incident was true- I was the other
guy with Al (Last Name removed).
To
this day I still think about it and there was a
huge amount of time that disappeared that night
before we found ourselves floating in the
willows. I forgot until I re read it about the
little lights zooming from and around and back
to the bigger circle of lights. I also remember
looking back while loading and it was like a
front of of a locomotive but in an indescribably
huge scale and I could feel something/s looking
right into my eyes from it. I’m actually happy
it happened and wish it would again. I welcome
the uncommon occurrences this life has to offer.
Tell
you the truth it was just an ordinary evening
fishing session, no booze and we didn’t do drugs
- all of a sudden it was pretty dark, then we
saw what we knew was UFO and then we tried
getting back to shore and hours went by, we were
floating in trees and it was like I was coming
out of a sleep/dream- with tree branches
everywhere and finally got engine started and
out of the trees and got back to boat launch-
everything is as what al discussed with you guys
plus what I saw (locomotive in sky) I also felt
I saw it watching me walk into my basement
apartment when al dropped me off.
It
was a true situation and I believe in my gut we
probably got to go for a ride or were touched by
something.
Am
so glad this happened and this was first time I
ever googled Jacko Lake because I wanted to know
what was biggest fish caught in the lake as I
lost a huge one before this event and think
about that too - then I saw your site pop up.
Mid-May-2000, Vancouver:
(11:35 pm)
"I
was finishing a half hour jog and came to rest
on the steps of an apartment building in the
1600 block of West 11th Avenue to cool off and
catch my breath. I was facing north and it was a
semi clear night with lots of small clouds. As I
was ready to get up and head home I noticed
something which I thought was clouds moving
above a taller apartment building. I realized
what I was looking at was not clouds but a craft
of some sorts. I became terrified when I could
not identify it, and was able to continue
viewing it as it nearly flew above me. It was
traveling south (up Pine Street) and low to the
ground (1000 feet) no sound, with a smooth fast
flight path. As it disappeared from my sight
(the apartment buildings blocked my vision from
it), an intense fear over came me and I ran very
fast to my apartment (near by)."
"I had
dismissed the sighting as perhaps a hang-glider.
When telling this to friends and family, they
say that a hang glider would be unlikely. (what
are the likely chances of some one hang gliding
or gliding over that area that time of night?)
When reading a recent sighting on your site,
"2000 - Boomerang-shaped Craft Over North
Vancouver" It re-created the experience for me,
and every description in that article, along
with the date and time is too close for comfort
to forget about."
15-May-2000,
North Vancouver: (10:50 pm)
Two
amateur astronomers were out stargazing on the
roof of an apartment building when they spotted
a large, dark, boomerang-shaped craft. Seven
trianglular shapes could be made out on the
bottom of the craft; one in the front and three
down each side. The object travelled silently
from east to west. Total viewing time was less
than 10 seconds. For the full report, click HERE.
18-May-2000,
Sorrento: (between 10:30 and 11:00 pm)
A
man out walking his dog saw a spherical object
about 1 ½ to 2 feet across and 1 to 1 ½ feet
high. A band around the middle, about 6 inches
high, was glowing orange/red. For the full
report click HERE.
19-May-2000,
Tatuk Lake, BC: (evening)
My friend and I went camping
to Tatuk Lake right after work on the first
night of the long weekend. It is at least a
couple of hours drive from Prince George to
Tatuk Lake, so by the time we got ready and
left it was really late when we got there.
There were no camping spots left when we got
there so we set up our tent right beside the
boat-launch. When everything was set up we
went into the tent to go to sleep. We laid
there for 5 or 10 minutes when there was a
loud pulsating sound coming from something
moving just above the trees. We were too
frightened to look outside until it sounded
like it moved off over the lake and when we
unzipped the tent the sound was gone. We never
saw any lights and it definitely was not a
helicopter. It sounded like it was very close
and small, like it was moving through the
trees. After talking about it for a bit we
went to sleep. When we got up in the morning
all the camping spots that were full the night
before, on the first night of the long weekend
were empty.
3-Jun-2000, Whistler: (00:30 am)
The
witness observed an orange ball just over the
mountain tops that was going on and off at
approximately one second intervals. It was
moving on a steady linear course with no erratic
movement. The sky was clear, no sound could be
detected and the object was in view for one
minute. The light was travelling southwest to
southeast.
8-Jun-2000,
Vancouver: (11:45 am)
The
witness, Kevin, spotted in the northern sky a
white ball that appeared to be at a considerable
height and was moving in an erratic manner (up,
down, left, right). It was the size of the tip
of his little finger, held at arm’s length. He
brought the object to the attention of his
neighbour, who confirmed its unusual nature.
Kevin turned from the window to try to obtain an
additional witness, but when he returned the
object was gone. Total viewing time was about 30
seconds.
8-Jun-2000,
Kelowna: (10:15 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC for
this sighting.
The
witness was outside having a smoke, watching for
the Northern Lights due to solar flares
announced on TV. The witness noticed at 10:15 PM
a satellite trekking along in orbit. The witness
states, " I watched for about 5 seconds when the
small bright light, no brighter than any other
object in orbit, flared a very bright, roundish,
white light for one brief second. After the
flare diminished, I noticed that the object had
changed direction by approximately 30 degrees.
It was now moving out of orbit and appeared to
be going higher. As the object increased its
speed in that flash and was moving at a new
constant speed. As it was moving on the new
direction, it was progressively going from the
small bright light (1 - 2 millimeters across) to
a smaller and less bright state until it could
no longer be seen. I noticed it while facing
west, looking upwards at 70 degrees ascension.
So far as I know anything we have that 'leaves
orbit' requires several seconds of 'burn' before
it can reach the speeds needed to totally
overcome earth's gravity."
12-Jun-2000,
Burnaby: (10:00 pm)
A couple
was returning home from Horizons Restaurant on
Burnaby Mountain when they felt as if they were
being followed. There was nobody behind or in
front of their Harley Davidson. Then they were
surrounded by "a loud very unearthly kind of
electrical sound" that became very loud. It came
in three waves that lasted a total of 30 to 40
seconds. They also saw an extremely bright ball
of white light travelling at tree height above
them. The light was "like a small white sun".
The driver geared down to a safe speed to take a
good look, but when they turned around both the
light and sound were gone.
16-June-2000,Fort
St. John: (1:00 am)
A
man in the vicinity of 89th Street and 88th
Avenue witnessed a “silver-grayish ball” larger
than a satellite moving high through the sky.
The ball had a “really, really” bright yellow
light or glow around it. The size of the glow
was about one-fifth the size of the full
moon. There was no tail or debris left
behind the object such as one would see behind a
meteor. The light dimmed for 3 to 4 seconds and
then returned to its initial brightness. It
traveled in a straight line and was visible for
about 45 seconds. The man was familiar with what
satellites looked like. This was different. It
was much too large and bright for it to be a
satellite. The man found the event “very
disturbing, I stopped breathing and could feel
the pulse in my hands” he said. He lost sight of
the object behind a bank of cloud. The object
was viewed against a clear portion of the sky
with a starry background.
Summer
2000, North Surrey, BC: (daytime)
Looking out from my balcony at my
apartment on 95th Avenue and 128th Street looking
south. I saw a ufo hovering over 88th Avenue and
128th Street. It was about 100 feet above the
ground. The top was about 3\4 the size of the
bottom and top hat shaped. It was military dull
green. It was tilting on one side towards the
ground. My wife said, "You're crazy. Don't tell
anyone!", so I didn't. It was the size of a house.
End
of June-2000, Richmond: (2:00 pm)
The witness and a
male companion were travelling south along
Garden City in Richmond when they spotted a
shiny gray disc-shaped object travelling
SouthWest. The sky was clear. Initially they
thought it was an approaching aircraft but soon
changed their minds. It quickly disappeared from
sight. They could not attempt to estimate the
object's height. It was in view for probably no
more than 2-3 seconds.
Summer 2000’s,
Grouse Mountain, BC: (Reported
20-Nov-2008)
Sorry, I don't
remember what year it was. I was with my ex-bf
at Grouse mountain watching shooting stars. As
we were watching at those shooting stars, we
saw one meteor. It was kind of slower than
others, we didn't think too much, and all in a
sudden, it turned 90 degree and turned again!
and than disappeared!!! We were so surprised
and excited, because I don't think meteors can
turn, can they? It was clear sky, no airplane
flying, no drugs or alcohol in us. We were
sober!! Until today, I still believe we saw
something phenomenal. Now, when I look at
those beautiful stars. I believe one of them
is not really a star..
UFO*BC
Replies:
Hello Eve,
Thank you for submitting this sighting. You
are correct, meteors do not turn.
Best Wishes
Martin Jasek
07-Jul-2000,
White Rock BC: (09:30 pm)
This took place about 20-30 minutes before a
summer thunderstorm formed in the distance,
between Semiahmoo Bay and Birch Bay, Washington
State, which we could see from our vantage point
over Semiahmoo Bay in White Rock.
Anyways, as my cousin and I watched the storm
clouds form during this warm, clear summer
evening (I always found this fascinating having
studied geography for the longest time), we were
having dinner out on the deck, which faces south
and overlooks the entire bay and can see the US
-- it is only maybe about 10 km away. I knew we
were expecting a thunderstorm, just looking at
the cloud formations, but not the following:
From what we could see, a part of the horizon
lit up a bright sodium orange/yellow colour.
(All of this happened within 1-2 seconds)... and
a ball of bright orange/yellow shot up out of
the bay. It was immediately trailed by a bolt of
what looked like a jagged stream of lightning,
but it, too was orangey-yellow (the same colour
as the ball). It was noiseless, and less than 1
km away. This is not some kind of lightning
bolt, I'm sure. From what I know, normal
lightning bolts simultaneously strike the
surface and attached to the clouds and are
typically blue.
This ball and bolt, on the other hand, visibly
shot upwards from the bay and into the clouds.
It was no red sprite, blue jet, any other type
of weather phenomenon that I know of, SCUD
missile or distress flare (which have a smooth,
trailing stream and not a jagged bolt). Being a
government officer at the airport, I know what
these look like. Anyways, it was a clear, warm
night aside from that storm cloud and many
dozens of beachgoers saw it happen and could not
explain it either. But it was pretty amazing.
Unfortunately, I could not get a picture, but I
hope my thousand words are worth as much as that
picture. This lasted only about 2 seconds
11-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (8:30 pm)
A man’s daughter
and her friend were lying on a trampoline when
they drew his attention to 3 black specks in the
evening sky. Through binoculars they were
silvery in appearance with an oblong dome on the
top from which could be seen bright lights
attached (?). The bottoms of the craft were the
shapes of perfect stars. The trio continued to
watch for a 30-minute period during which time
the three objects kept moving back and forth,
but stayed together. Finally the objects
disappeared behind a wispy pink cloud. Although
the observers waited until the cloud moved away,
the objects were no longer to be seen. The man
kept watching the sky until 11:00 pm when he
observed a bright white light descend to the
left of Mt. Seymour (west side). He had it in
view for only a few seconds.
14-Jul-2000,
Delta: (11:00 pm)
A woman and her
male companion, (a proclaimed skeptic) watched a
"star" flying behind, and slightly above, an
airliner coming into Vancouver on its final
approach. Finally the object climbed up into the
sky and disappeared from sight. Total viewing
time 15 minutes.
14-Jul-2000,
Surrey: (11:30 pm)
The witness was
with two companions travelling west on #1
highway when a bright light was observed moving
from northeast to west; it appeared to be
crescent-shaped. Allowing for the car's
movement, the slowly moving bright white light
seemed to stop before moving forward again. It
did not display any other lights (i.e.) green or
red. It was finally lost from view as it moved
in front and past the car. Total viewing time
3-5 minutes.
24-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (7:00 pm)
"Tonight at around
7 pm (it was still daylight outside and sunny) I
decided to lie down on my bed and as I was
gazing up to the sky out my window I noticed
what looked like a star moving. The reason I say
star is because if it was night time that is how
it would have looked. I thought nothing of it
and just thought it was a plane. As I moved my
eyes to the right I saw another and they were
both moving to the right, but slowly. I realized
they weren't planes because there were no other
lights and they also slowed down and "hovered"
in one spot for quite some time. Then I noticed
another one above the two and saw they were in a
triangle formation. The three lights then
started moving upwards together and then I
spotted another one below them, which followed
them up into the clouds until they all
disappeared from my sight. It was very strange.
I had seen satellites in the sky before and
planes and helicopters and shooting stars. This
however was clearly nothing of the sort."
28-Jul-2000,
Maple Ridge: (11:59 pm)
A woman looked out
the bedroom window and noticed, above Golden
Ears Mountain, what appeared to be a fan set of
spotlights shining into the sky coming from
behind the mountain. The lights changed
intensity but remained in the same position,
unlike the Northern lights. In addition, there
appeared to be dark streaks that were in front
of the mountain. Her husband also briefly
witnessed the fan lights at about 12:33 when
they both went to bed. At approximately 3:00 she
woke up and looked out the window. The fan
lights were gone.
29-Jul-2000,
Vancouver: (3:30 pm)
The witness and
his mother watched a metallic orb travelling
through a clear sky at a fast pace when it was
suddenly joined by a second similar object; both
were travelling in a northeasterly direction.
The two observers moved around to the other side
of the house to continue watching them but they
were no longer in sight! Total viewing time
about 15 seconds.
Summer
2000, WhiteRock, BC: (around noon)
(reported 22-Nov-2022)
Hi, I
witnessed an object in the sky in White Rock, BC
around noon Summer of 2000 while walking outside
my condo building pushing my baby in her
stroller. It was a beautiful sunny day with no
clouds when a bright silver round object caught
my eye high in the sky over White Rock City Hall
area heading slowly West. It seemed to be
reflecting the sun so very bright and shimmery.
I thought it was maybe a weather balloon, but
for some reason it just hovered in one spot for
a what seemed like a few minutes and It was like
nothing I had seen before. This is when it might
sound weird. I felt as if it was watching me and
it knew that I knew it was watching me. It was
like a telepathic knowing…I know it sounds odd.
I felt a sudden surge of fear and with that,
strangely, the silver object zigged to the East
in a flash and was gone. I have never seen
anything move that fast! I honestly was a little
shook up having the feeling of being watched,
even in broad daylight and not knowing what I
had just seen. It was more like a personal
encounter for some reason than just a sighting.
I only told my husband immediately after and no
one since as I thought it was nothing too
significant, but have never been able to forget
what I saw or the feeling that day and felt it
was time to share my story.
Early
August-2000, Burnaby: (1:30 am)
"I was at work on
the nightshift in Burnaby and approximately 1:30
am I stepped outside for a cigarette. It was a
beautiful clear night, and I observed a
satellite heading from the NE almost directly
overhead. About 2 minutes later I saw, at a high
altitude also, a similar light (no distinct
shape) heading NE, but at one point it seemed to
flash/expand with a blue circular light, and
immediately, and I mean in an instant, veered 90
degrees and headed North and slightly West. It
was the pulse-flash of blue colour and the
immediate right angle turn that was
unexplainable."
August-2000,
Central Saanich: (9:00 pm)
Witness saw 3
lights in a triangular formation travelling
south towards Victoria. They were solid
unblinking yellowy white lights without any
tails, brighter than any other lights in the
sky. He believes they were individual objects
flying in formation. He lost sight of them when
they went behind Bear Hill. No sound was heard.
3-Aug-2000,
Duncan: (11:00 pm – 1:00 am)
The initial
sighting took place at Lake Road where five
witnesses, whose ages ranged from 16 to 20,
watched two objects moving around the sky in an
erratic manner for a period of 30 minutes. These
"craft?" were travelling in a geometric pattern
at considerable speed. At 11:30 Sam and Kevin
took their three companions home. After that
they relocated to Sunrise Road for a better
view, where they now discovered that more
objects had arrived. In all they counted
fifteen. These craft were a variety of colours
ranging from flashing blue, red, green and
orange. The nearest one was oval in shape and
had "arms’ radiating from each compass point
with a white light attached to each arm. The
craft were dancing over Mount Provost and were
to be seen in a northwesterly direction. It was
a clear night. During the period of this lengthy
(1½ hrs) observation they also saw ten large
vivid flashes of light which were accompanied by
the arrival of a meteor-type object that
appeared to "land" in the same portion of the
sky as these lights. At the same time they felt
very deep base type vibrations reverberate
through their bodies (sonic impact/concussion?)
but, it should be noted, heard no accompanying
explosion. When they finally departed at 1:00
the lights were still flying grid patterns in
the blink of an eye.
3-Aug-2000,
Coquitlam: (00:05 am)
The witness saw a
"huge" mass of "sparkling, diamond bright
lights" moving slowly towards her house at an
estimated height of 100 feet. She was looking
south and the "object" was moving in a westerly
direction. She could not determine a structure
behind the large number of lights that appeared
to be in three tiers. She went to get her
husband out of bed to also observe this
remarkable sight. They watched as it circled
slowly behind the house. She dashed into the
kitchen to see it slowly disappear behind a
nearby apartment building. No noise could be
detected from it. No animals in the area were
barking. Total viewing 2-3 minutes.
3-Aug-2000,
Delta: (7:40 am)
"I
was driving west on highway 10, north of the
Boundary Bay airport. The sky was absolutely
clear with no clouds. I saw a small propeller
powered plane, heading west. It was probably
getting ready to land or had just taken off from
the airport. I suddenly noticed an object in the
same part of the sky (from my viewing
perspective), as the airplane. At first I
thought it was a passenger jet flying at a
considerable altitude higher (and further away),
than the propeller plane. The more I looked at
it, the more I thought that it did not look like
a jet, and it appeared to be hanging motionless
in the sky (although I was of course, moving
west at about 80 km per hour). It was quite
light coloured (whitish), but I also thought it
had a bit of a silvery look to it. I did not see
any winglike features, but the object did not
look round or ellipsoid. Plus it did not really
seem to have any distinct shadowed area in its
underside. I very much wanted to stop to get a
better look, but I didn't want to pull over on
the narrow highway shoulder, so I drove on to
the Delta Community Hall intersection (keeping
an eye on the object as best as I safely could
while operating my vehicle) and drove north a
short distance, where I found a spot to pull
over and stop. I got out of my vehicle for a
better look, but I could no longer find the
object in the sky. I thought it quite odd that
it had disappeared so fast, when it had not
appeared to be moving when I had observed it
just a minute before.
My
best estimate of the object position would be
that it was probably at least 2000 feet
elevation, (and quite possibly a mile or two
elevation) and appeared to be situated directly
above Boundary Bay, between White Rock and Point
Roberts. I would estimate that the object was
probably at least five metres across. It was
situated in a SSW direction from my viewing
position, about 25 to 30 degrees above the
horizon.
My
estimate on the objects height is partly based
on the fact that it had a far away and
indistinct look (contour and edges obscured by
distance, no sharp outline, colour contrasts or
shadow). I probably observed it over a distance
of about one half a mile, without it changing
significantly in direction, indicating the
object was potentially moving in a westerly
direction and close by (less than a mile away),
or more likely, not moving much in east/west
direction and further away (which matches
perceived distance perception). A high flying
jet, moving directly away from my observing
position and increasing in elevation would
explain the lack of movement. But this would not
account for its fairly sudden disappearance
(although the object seemed far away, it did not
appear to be moving away at a fast rate). The
perceived shape of the object did not match an
end view of a jet, although unfortunately, I
never had a chance to get a really good look at
it."
3-Aug-2000,
Lake Cowichan: (11:00 pm – 1:00 am)
"Tonight August
3rd at 11pm to 1am to the direction of Lake
Cowichan myself and two other people witnessed
reoccurring UFO sightings. At first there was
only one that we all saw and it moved in a
triangular pattern for about half of an hour
moving fast then slow but always in the same
triangle shape. The object was dim and then
bright all of the sudden and repeated this the
entire time. Then we noticed along the horizon
just above the tops of the trees one more and
then two, until we figure we had seen about
twelve or so. It was hard to count because they
moved so fast, almost dancing with each other,
while some still moved slow and still in a
specific pattern. During this time there were
numerous shooting stars with a huge bright flash
just before you saw the star which felt as if it
were pulsing through you from the inside out,
almost in segments across the sky. Each shooting
star that we saw went in the exact direction and
finished in the spot that we had just seen the
UFO in. The colours of the UFOs were red, green,
blue and orange, most had like a blue/green
tracer that followed it. There is no way that
these were not UFOs in my mind. I have never
seen anything move in such sporadic directions
as these did, they could move across our entire
field of vision in a split second and then be
right back were we first spotted them, just as
fast as they had moved away from that very
spot."
4-Aug-2000,
Pitt Lake: (10:55 pm)
The witness and
two companions were occupying a cabin at Pitt
Lake when they spotted in the clear night sky a
bright white light that suddenly "appeared"
without warning. Larger than any star or
satellite they had ever seen previously. The
light appeared in the southwest and travelled
slowly and erratically to the northwest before
fading from sight. It did not disappear over the
mountain. Total observation time was 2-3
minutes. The "object" appeared to be high in the
sky.
5-Aug-2000,
Osprey Lake: (11:00 pm)
Bob
and seven friends were at Osprey Lake when at
23:00 they saw 4-5 red balls of light that
pulsated from red to blue to white. They
appeared to be low down in the sky. No noise
could be detected. They watched the objects
through a telescope until 00:30, a period of 1½
hours before finally going indoors. This lake is
located near Princeton.
7-Aug-2000,
Powell River: (4:30 pm)
A woman was on her
sundeck looking westward towards Vancouver
Island when she observed a shiny ball-like
object that seemed to be reflecting sunlight.
The object was at a great altitude and appeared
to be in the middle of the strait and was coming
towards Powell River at what appeared to be a
normal speed for a conventional aircraft. She
watched it for about 1 to 2 minutes. At this
point it appeared to be directly above Harwood
Island, which is about 10 miles from Powell
River. She could see it fairly clearly and was
sure it was not a normal aircraft. She called
for her son to come out and have a look. That
was when it stopped, appeared to reverse its
course, climbed at an incredible speed and
disappeared in a matter of 3 to 5 seconds. It
was gone before her son could see it.
9-Aug-2000,
Cloverdale: (10:50 pm)
The witness was
outside the house when she suddenly saw a large
white oval light, "like a neon sign", appear
seemingly quite low. The "object" was visually
the size of a small car! It was travelling from
east to west. It had no accompanying sound and
was in view for about 1 1/2 seconds, before
disappearing as mysteriously as it had arrived.
10-Aug-2000,
Langley: (9:00 pm)
The witness
stepped outside her daughter’s apartment in
Maple Ridge and was surprised to see a large
bright orange circle hanging low in the southern
sky, over the nearby Fraser River. It was making
no detectable noise. The sky was overcast. After
remaining stationary for a period of two minutes
it suddenly blinked out.
10-Aug-2000,
Burnaby: (11:00 pm)
A woman (31) saw
from the bedroom window a very bright flashing
light that alternated red and white, at a very
low altitude (i.e. below the tops of the nearby
trees). The residence is located on Wayburn
Drive behind B.C.I.T. and is a very quiet area,
but no sound could be heard, such as a
helicopter would make. Total viewing time 1
minute.
11-Aug-2000,
Vancouver: (1:40 – 2:30 am)
The witness and
three companions, whose ages ranged from 17-19,
were lying on their backs at a residence close
to Central Park watching the sky for the
anticipated meteor shower. They observed a
"star" that moved left to right then up and down
and seemingly in large circles. It travelled
from its original southwest position to the west
and then east. After watching the object’s
antics for a period of at least 45 minutes they
then went indoors. It was still in the sky at
that time. The colour of the object was white
and it did not change colour during the period
of observation.
17-Aug-2000,
Proctor: (11:30 pm)
The witness was at
her computer when she suddenly noticed that her
two dogs woke up and wanted to go out (she
presumed). Once asleep they usually sleep
through the night. On letting them out she saw
an object that was stationary and had red, blue
and green flickering lights around the top.
Calling her partner out they watched the object
move up, down, left and right. They were unable
to detect any noise. But maybe the dogs had
detected a noise? The object was apparently near
Proctor ferry and over Kootenay Lake. After
twenty minutes it headed off and landed (?) on
the nearby mountain top. Its lights went out,
came back on and then went out again. The
witness added that there have been lots of
sightings in Proctor and over Kootenay Lake.
19-Aug-2000,
Logan Lake: (11:00 pm)
The
two witnesses were in a public campground at
Logan Lake, (near Merritt) when they spotted a
large "satellite" (?) moving across the sky in
an east to west direction. Then it stopped, and
for the next hour, whilst hovering, bounced
around the sky in an up and down and side to
side manner. The object was golden in colour.
The two observers went to bed around midnight.
At about 01.00 Daryl once again looked out and
the light was closer to the horizon. It flashed
a strobe on its right side then left after 15
minutes, travelling from northwest to southwest.
21-Aug-2000,
Kootenay Lake: (9:30 pm)
The witness
spotted a craft hovering over Kootenay Lake,
below the mountain tops. It was flashing red,
white and blue lights, although not always in
that sequence. It was making no noise and was
observed for 1 hour. According to the witness
reports also came in from Wymar and Salmo
observers.
21-Aug-2000,
Surrey: (10:50 pm)
The witness was
driving her truck along 96th Avenue in Surrey,
heading west towards Scott Road, (120th Street)
when she suddenly saw a bright light "appear" on
her left, travelling quickly at a low altitude
(500-1000 feet?). She thought at first that it
was a plane about to crash. It was heading south
to north and had red and green lights on it. She
had it in view for no longer than 20 seconds
before it disappeared from view behind some
trees. The night sky was perfectly clear. This
lady is quite familiar with the normal planes
that follow the flight path into Vancouver each
and every day.
21-Aug-2000,
Shawnigan Lake: (10:52 pm)
"Tonight we saw a
spectacular fireball come down over the south
Island, seen from Shawnigan Lake BC. The
fireball was some distance to the west, over the
hills, fairly close to the horizon. It was
visible longer than most shooting stars, maybe
several seconds, and at a relatively shallow
angle of descent, travelling south to north. The
centre of the fireball was green, and it left a
bright, glowing yellow tail. At one point it
flared brightly as if it had partly exploded,
and then several pieces briefly glowed yellow as
they fell. There was no sound that we could
hear. It remained visible from our vantage point
until it passed behind some trees. I'm assuming
that it was a meteor, and larger than most. If
anything reached the ground, I'd guess that it
might be roughly somewhere in the vicinity of
Cowichan Lake, to the northwest of us."
21-Aug-2000,
Sechelt: (11:02 pm)
Driving north
along the Gibsons Highway, the witness suddenly
saw a green "fireball"/meteor (?) approaching
from the south travelling in a northerly
direction. She estimated that the object was in
view for between 5-7 seconds. It appeared to
have a "tail" streaming from it. It seemed to
"dissolve" into the distance. A Vancouver radio
station reported on the 22nd August that a green
fireball had been reported from Port Hardy and
North Vancouver.
21-Aug-2000,
White Rock: (11:59 pm)
The witness looked
out of her window around midnight and saw a
bright white diamond-shaped light travelling
south to north. She was looking west. As soon as
she saw it a car alarm went off across the
street! She turned away from the window and next
she knew it was 1:00, it seems that she had
somehow lost an hour.
22-Aug-2000,
Proctor: (10:00 pm)
The
witness was at work in Proctor when she observed
a big white light over Cranbrook that gave off a
very large flash. This may have been some sort
of signal as shortly afterwards two smaller
white lights just "appeared" and moved across
the sky to join the larger light. A second
witness also saw the flash.
28-Aug-2000, Poison Mountain:
(3:00 am)
The
above witnesses were prospecting at Poison
Mountain, 57 miles north west of Lillooet when
they left their small tent trailer to relieve
themselves in the nearby bush. They were
astonished to see that a large patch of sky was
lit up "like daylight". It had the same
appearance that one observes at either sunset or
sunrise. This was looking in an easterly
direction. (What time did the sun begin to rise
that day?). Marvin estimates this illumination
was at least 100 miles across! All the
surrounding stars were very bright, but in
addition they spotted what seemed to be 8-10
moving lights. Due to the fact they were only
wearing shorts and the temperature was 20
degrees Fahrenheit they only watched for about
five minutes before returning to bed, where they
continued to shiver for the remainder of the
night. No sound accompanied this sighting.
2-Sep-2000, Delta:
(00:35 am)
Ralph
and his friend were on his deck watching the sky
when they first spotted what they assumed was a
satellite, very high and moving in a straight
line across the sky from North to South. A few
seconds later it was joined ("just appeared") by
two other similar white, steady, lights. As they
proceeded across the sky in parallel lines, the
two outside lights kept zig-zagging back and
forth, but still maintaining position with the
centre "craft?". The total viewing time in a
clear sky was about 30 seconds. The objects at
no time changed colour and simply moved out of
view. No sound was heard.
16-Sep-2000,
Nelson: (10:30 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
A man
called to report that he had witnessed a "ball
of fire" hovering to the southeast of his
position, over the Selkirk Mountains, he
estimated. Its apparent size was larger than
that of a star, although considerably smaller
than the full moon. He reported that he could
see yellow, red, and orange flames coming off
the edge of it. The flames appeared to die after
about 30 seconds, and then the object
disappeared from sight. Approximately 30 seconds
after the object had disappeared from his sight,
he saw a peculiar light streak across the sky.
It did not appear to be a meteor, he felt.
20-Sep-2000, Vancouver:
(9:29 pm)
At
about 9:10 pm, Alexandar noticed a white
circling light over the city, from his
residence. Around 9:29 it was joined by a
similar light and shortly afterwards a third.
For the next five minutes these three lights
followed each other in a tailing manner - one
behind the other. No sound was discernible
during the 50 minutes they were visible. After
#2 & #3 left, the remaining light morphed
into a "fuzzy stick" shaped object. Alexandar
stated that the light was easily reflected off
the clouds but not to be seen in the open sky!
(searchlights?) He has not had any previous UFO
experiences in either Russia (his native
country) or Canada, only read about them.
27-Sep-2000, Abbotsford:
(evening)
A friend and I
were sitting down on a bench near Bateman Park,
down the road from Clayburn village. We were
watching the satellites go by, and we noticed a
very small, almost tiny sparking in the sky.
Initially we thought it was a plane in distress,
but once it swooped down very low and swiftly
bolted back up into the sky, we knew it was not
a plane. It almost had a glittering effect of
blue, red and white. It did not look like the
lights of a plane. It was diving down behind the
mountains, and bolting back up again. We thought
that the only way we would believe what we saw
was to call someone. I phoned 104.9 Xfm. The DJ
dismissed me as crazy, and went on with the
music. In the next few hours after that there
was approximately 6 or 7 others that had seen
it.
27-Sep-2000, Abbotsford: (9:00 – 9:30
pm)
Greg and Brady
were working at a local Pizza outlet when they
heard reports on XFM radio that listeners were
phoning in regarding a UFO sighting, which some
thought was a helicopter. The two boys dashed
outside and looking in a westerly direction
could clearly see a large red pulsating light
located high in the clear night sky. The light
appeared to be stationary with no detectable
sound. After observing this light/object for a
period of about twelve seconds they returned to
their pizza work duties. In the boy’s opinion
what they were looking at was not a helicopter.
Neither of the boys have had a previous UFO
sighting.
29-Sep-2000,
Quesnel: (9:00 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
"One
object, shape unseen. A group of lights circular
in shape (5 in the center 20 outside). Passing
from west to east and then east to west. When
going west to east it was rotating in a
clockwise direction and on returning west was
rotating anticlockwise. Above the lower cloud
level it was distorted and out of the cloud it
was sharp in definition as to the lights. All
lights were white but diffused in the clouded
area. Slightly north of my location but on its
easterly extent it appeared to be almost over
the top of my house. This was observed by
myself, my wife and one guest leaving and
another arriving. At first glance I passed it
off as the aurora borealis, but the rotation and
rythmic arc was not consistent with this. I
tried to make sense of it but the item appeared
to be above cloud level and not below it. I
tried to think maybe it was a laser light
display, but the number of people that may have
that equipment in this town I think would be (0)
zero. Also it appeared to be above the cloud not
under the cloud cover. This was observed for 30
minutes continuously at first, then
intermitently there after. Altitude could not be
established but it had to be large (over two
miles)diameter. I remember from the bible a
wheel inside of a wheel and that came to mind.
This was on Rosh Hashana according to the local
radio station but I am not religous."
2-Oct-2000, Surrey/Delta: (8:45 pm)
The witness and
four friends, (1 boy and 3 girls, all 16) were
at Scott Road & 90th Avenue when
they spotted a blinking red light that acted in
an erratic manner. Without any discernible noise
it moved up and down, backwards and forwards,
first slowly then faster. They phoned XFM Radio
at 104.9 who gave them the UFO*BC reporting
number. Altogether they watched it for a period
of 45 minutes before leaving their observation
location. It was still present when they left.
The sky was clear.
2-Oct-2000, Delta: (9:00 pm)
A student (15) at
Sands Junior Secondary School (Patrick) reported
that he had heard the XFM radio report (see
previous sighting) and went out to scan the sky.
He claims to have observed a boomerang-shaped
craft that had a red light on each wing tip. It
moved slowly forward, then stopped, then climbed
rapidly away. Total viewing time about 1 minute.
3-Oct-2000, Surrey: (2:30 am)
Another student
(14) at Sands Junior Secondary School said that
he and his cousin witnessed a flashing red light
while camping out in their yard in South Surrey,
for 15 seconds.
3-Oct-2000, Burnaby: (8:45 – 9:20 pm)
A witness noticed
a "bar of flashing lights" in the sky, slightly
north of west. It was about the size of a penny
held at arm’s length, with the ends brighter
than the middle. There also appeared to be a
dimmer light slightly above the bar. The lights
remained relatively stationary, but slowly
dimmed until, after about 40 minutes, they could
no longer be seen.
4-Oct-2000, Vancouver: (7:35 am)
Cliff was driving
as a passenger along Marine Drive when he
spotted a rectangular white "cloud" travelling
very fast west to east moving towards the sun,
at which point it seemingly vanished. The driver
was not able to confirm this observation. Total
viewing time 16 seconds.
10-Oct-2000,
Victoria: (7:30 am) - Thanks to NUFORC
"We were
working in the middle of a local elementary
school field when my partner notices this shiny
craft high in the morning sky. It was a shiny
glowing silver cylinder. We watched this craft
travel on a straight path from horizon to
horizon. It only made a jet-like sound when it
was overhead for about 10 seconds. The sound
started suddenly and ended suddenly. It did not
produce a vapor trail. It was on the flight path
from Alaska to Bangor Washington. We often see
the U.S. fighters traveling this path from base
to base to base and they are easy to identify.
This cylinder had no identifying marks. Could
this be a new Air Forse spy plane? Is it
possible to let me know if anybody else knows
anything about these cylinders?"
13-Oct-2000, Kelowna: (00:30 am)
"We were sitting
outside by the fire place and we heard a loud
very low rumbling. I am in a rural area and
there is little traffic and even fewer large
trucks. I have never heard anything like it
before. Regardless, at the time we dismissed it
as a truck or something. About twenty minutes
later, my friend pointed to the sky and started
freaking out and there it was. It appeared to be
round I couldn’t say how far away it was or how
big it was but it was zigging and zagging moving
from west to east. The color was changing from
white to blue to red. And we heard the low
rumbling sound again once it was past us.
Although the rumbling and the colors are
indicative of a plane the sound of the rumbling
and the motion of the object DEFINITELY were
not. I ran to the house to get my girlfriend to
come out and see it but by the time we returned
my friend had lost it in the horizon and it
looked like a star or it disappeared I'm not
sure which.
13-Oct-2000,
Central Saanich BC: (8:00 pm)
A man and his wife saw 2 lights in the sky
travelling west to east at a good rate of speed.
No noise was heard and the lights were a steady
yellow/white colour. After travelling most of
the visible sky, the lead light faded away, then
the second light faded away at the same
location.
mid-October-2000,
North Vancouver: (midnight)
Two
amateur astronomers on a rooftop saw a steady
bright light travelling from south to north. It
then "made an abrupt 90 degree turn . . this
happenned very fast and no noise, never breaking
its velocity!!!" The object was now headed
towards the east and quickly disappeared into
the horizon. Total viewing time about 10
seconds.
18-Oct-2000,
Vernon: (7:45 pm)
The
witness noticed from her balcony window a huge
white light with smaller white lights on its
perimeter. The sky was black and the object
appeared to be stationary. She checked her watch
and noted that it then remained in its observed
position for a period of three minute before
moving off towards Kelowna in a West to South
direction.
18-Oct-2000,
Vancouver: (8:45 pm) - Thanks to NUFORC
"I was
looking at the stars from my deck, and suddenly
it looked like a curly orangy garland was
floating above my head. Then I realized that if
it was a garland, I wouldn't see it (since it
was dark already) and even if I did, it would be
moving in the wind, whereas the shape of what I
saw was completely static. So I suddenly
realized that I was seeing some flying object,
as it was advancing in the air very steadily
(not high speed at all), and it looked like I
was seeing the back of the object (nothing else
showed). I could follow it for maybe 20 or 30
seconds, and then the orangy glow slowly
disappeared as it moved further away towards the
East. It was absolutely silent and didn't seem
very high in the sky (unless it is a gigantic
object). Had I not looked up at that very moment
(when the "garland" was vertically above me and
the most visible) , I probably wouldn't have
noticed the object at all."
18-Oct-2000, Vancouver:
(10:45 pm)
The witness, Kate,
retired fairly early in the evening. She was
awoken by the sound of a huge machine,
apparently overhead that was making a surging
sound that lasted for seven minutes then
stopped, but did not recede! Equally interesting
was the fact that apparently all the
neighbourhood dogs were barking at something?
Kate went outside when the noise again commenced
for another five minutes, but was unable to
determine where the loud noise was coming from.
To her surprise she saw no one else outside
either looking up or around. She felt the
unexplained noise warranted further
investigation. Once again the noise stopped then
shortly after recommenced for a final five
minutes. Kate originally thought it might be due
to a street cleaning machine, but quickly ruled
that explanation out due to the seemingly
overhead location plus the fact the noise never
moved away. During this time the cloud level was
low, and it had rained. This lady lives roughly
at 30th & Blenheim, in the Dunbar area.
Total experience was approximately fifteen
minutes.
(N.B.) We had a
similar "sky sound" report from a witness at
Roberts Creek, Sechelt, in either late September
or early October.
21-Oct-2000, Coquitlam:
(7:15 am)
The
witness was out walking his dog when he noticed
a huge bright white light in the western sky. He
estimated it was about 4 kilometres away at a
possible altitude of 500 metres. No noise was
discernible from the object which he claims
appeared to be larger than a 747 aircraft. Nor
did he notice any unusual reaction from his dog.
He noticed an aircraft approaching from the
east. The light which he had thought was
approaching him suddenly began to head south
slowly gaining speed before it disappeared from
sight, seemingly gaining altitude as it moved
away. The sky was patchy blue with clouds. Total
viewing time about two minutes.
21-Oct-2000, Delta: (8:25
am)
The
witness was reading his paper when, glancing out
of his living room window, he observed a silver
ball travelling SE - NW at possibly 20-30,000
feet. It was not on a "normal" flight path and
was moving far too quickly for a conventional
aircraft. No appendages were visible The sky was
blue with a lot of clouds. The object was seen
only passing between and above the clouds. Total
sighting time 5-10 seconds.
November 2000, Duncan, BC:
In 2000 I lived
alone in a small cabin on the outskirts of Duncan.
The night of my sighting was perfectly clear with
no moon.
I went outside near midnight for a cigarette
before going to bed. As I often do when outside on
a clear night, I scanned the sky to see if I could
spot a satellite crossing overhead. I didn't have
to wait long until I saw what I thought was a
satellite.
I saw a single point of light which appeared
identical in colour and movement to a satellite.
It was moving in a straight line from the north
west and tracking south east roughly, with speed
typical of a satellite. I continued to watch it as
it drifted almost directly over my head when it
started to slow down. The object came to a slow
stop in the sky just above Orion's Belt. As soon
as it stopped moving I lost sight of it among the
vast sky of stars out that night. I scanned the
sky trying to find it, thinking my eyes were
playing tricks on me as satellites cannot stop
their orbits, but could not see anything moving. I
returned my gaze to Orion's Belt and waited. After
a minute or so I saw the object moving again, this
time starting a slow moving arc and doing a 180
degree course reversal before stopping again, this
time under Orion's Belt. A short time later it
again started moving in another 180 degree arc
back to it's original track, then it stopped
again. These 2 arcs made an "S" kind of track in
the sky. When it moved again it was in a straight
line through this "S" course is had just made and
came to a sudden stop near when it had stopped the
first time.
It didn't move again for a few minutes after that,
then suddenly it began to glow brighter and
brighter in the sky. After a few seconds it was
easily the brightest "star" in the sky. Just a
single bright point of white light. Then it burst
across the sky in an instant, going from a dead
stop to a phenomenal speed to a dead stop again,
resting just on the north horizon and hard to see.
There was no sound, and no tail on it like a comet
or shooting star. A moment later it again grew
brighter and brighter and again was the brightest
light in the sky. And again in a huge burst of
speed it crossed the sky from horizon to horizon
from a dead stop to a dead stop. The time it took
to cross this distance was a single second at the
most. Again, no tail or tracer from it and no
sound. Just terrifying speed. Now it was resting
on the south horizon and hard to see. It once
again began to glow brighter and brighter, this
time brighter than the previous 2 times. Then it
just vanished. One second it was there, then next
it wasn't.
2-Nov-2000, Burnaby:
(11:20 pm)
The
witness went outside to put the garbage into the
bin. He suddenly heard a very loud "locomotive"
type sound overhead and felt compelled to look
up. To his astonishment he perceived a
thimble-shaped object with a flat bottom. The
object appeared to have a bright top to it as
well as orange, red, and yellow lights around
its perimeter. The underneath of the craft had a
huge bright white light,with a bluey, green neon
type) light in the centre. This white light felt
warm to Roy, despite the cold night air. During
this time period the neighbours dogs were
howling. He could also feel the vibration within
his body from this "whirry", jet-like noise. The
object proceeded to then demonstrate its
aerobatic abilities as it moved up and down and
back and forth, all within a relatively small
area. All this being accomplished at high speed.
Visually the the craft was the size of a dinner
plate and at the approximate height of incoming
aircraft. (2000’?) The object suddenly left in
the direction of Canada Way, crossing over it.
But it left no residual sound. The noise it made
accompanied it Roy stated that afterwards he
felt thirsty, nauseous, and his hands were
"sunburnt?", also his eyes felt "gritty". Prior
to departure the object stopped for about 30
seconds. Total observation time was 3-4 minutes.
13-Nov-2000,
Whistler: (6:15 pm)
The
witness was walking on the golf course when,
over Sprout Mountain, he saw a red/orange
satellite far away, going up(?) he thought. It
continued to glide towards him on a west to east
trajectory, minus accompanying sound. It became
super, super bright white with a purple tinge.
Its height "was that of a plane"(?) turning back
to red/orange, then super white again. "It was a
million times brighter than a spotlight". It
made Reggie squint. The light/object(?)
continued to travel down the valley and was lost
from view in the distance. Total observation 2 -
3 minutes. The sky was clear.
16-Nov-2000,
North Vancouver: (11:10 pm)
The
witness was out walking and had arrived at the
junction of Rosslyn Blvd. and Mount Seymour
Parkway when he was astonished to see a large
white circular light pass over head in an east
to west direction. Jim estimated the object was
at aproximately 500 feet and travelling at about
400 mph. (his calculations). He estimates he had
it in view for about 4-5 seconds before it was
lost to view behind some trees. No noise could
be heard from it. No dogs were barking in the
area. Up to that point he had been a skeptic.
Suddenly he was converted!
Arriving
home he phoned Environment Canada, who told him
they had received 3 - 4 reports! (same object,
same day??) The next day he spoke to David Dodge
at the Vancouver Planetarium who stated that he
had received two reports of oblong-shaped
lights, "probably meteors"!? It was Dodge who
gave him the UFO*BC Hotline number to call.
21-Nov-2000,
Prince George: (8:30 pm) - Thanks to
NUFORC
"At
approx. 8:30pm I was standing on my steps having
a cigarette and looking up at the stars as it
was a beautiful clear night. I noticed a
particularly bright star in the horizon and was
looking at it with awe, it started moving in an
erratic pattern. At first I thought it was a
falling star or a dying one. I continued
watching it and it started moving toward me. I
thought I was seeing things so I closed my eyes
for a few seconds, when I opened them I couldn't
believe what I was seeing it was a triangular
shaped flying device with a very bright light
that was sending sparks of light through it, it
freaked me out so I ran into the house. I
thought I was just seeing things at first and
that my imagination was running away with me but
my daughter has also seen the object and
described it to me without knowing what my
experience was."
21-Nov-2000,
Prince George: (8:30 pm) Thanks to NUFORC
"At
approx. 8:30pm I was standing on my steps having
a cigarette and looking up at the stars as it
was a beautiful clear night. I noticed a
particularly bright star in the horizon and was
looking at it with awe, it started moving in a
erratic pattern. At first I thought it was a
falling star or a dying one. I continued
watching it and it started moving toward me I
thought I was seeing things so I closed my eyes
for a few seconds, when I opened them I couldn't
believe what I was seeing it was a triangular
shaped flying device with a very bright light
that was sending sparks of light through it, it
freaked me out so I ran into the house. I
thought I was just seeing things at first and
that my imagination was running away with me but
my daughter has also seen the object and
described it to me without knowing what my
experience was."
22-Nov-2000,
Delta: (8:30 am)
"I
was driving west on highway 99, just west of the
highway 91 intersection. The time was just after
8:30 AM (the half hour news was playing on the
radio). The sky was clear with very light and
very high cirrus cloud cover in the southeast
direction. I looked out my window and noticed a
very distinct, silvery object that I initially
thought was an airplane. It had a cylindrical or
cigar shaped body. Although the object was
distinct, I couldn't detect any wing or tail
features in the brief glances I made while
trying to keep my eyes on the road and traffic.
The object looked like it was at least 1000 feet
or so above Boundary Bay (SSW of my position at
about 40 degrees above the horizon). It was
aligned in approximately a north/south alignment
and seemed to be hovering or moving very slowly.
There was absolutely no vapor trail. I kept
glancing back at it trying to get a better view.
On my third or fourth glance, it suddenly
disappeared - completely. One moment it was
there, the next it had vanished completely. I
tried scanning the sky repeatedly and could see
nothing but blue sky. Then just as suddenly, it
was there again, in about the same part of the
sky I had seen it, less than a minute before.
Again I got two or three glances at it and just
as suddenly as before, it completely vanished.
At this point I pulled my vehicle to the
shoulder and stopped my truck. I scanned the
whole sky and could find no aircraft. I kept
waiting and scanning but no object reappeared in
the sky."
December 1999-2000?
between Prince George & Vancouver, BC:
(early afternoon) HBCC UFO
Hi Brian, "Flying Briefcase" is
the best description I can give of what I saw
high above the mountains of British Columbia.
The recent reports of black rectangles that have
been sent in by others have brought this episode
back to mind. I'm not sure, but think it was
likely in December around 1999 or 2000. I could
be quite incorrect on the date. I just know it
was a while ago.
I was flying south from Prince George to
Victoria as a passenger on a regular West Jet
flight. We left Prince George in relatively
clear sky but as we neared the Coast Mountains
the cloud cover below increased. We were flying
in sunshine well above the clouds, probably at
an altitude of around 30,000 feet.
My seat was near the back of the plane on the
right side and I had my face pressed against the
window for most of the flight. I was watching
for any gaps in the clouds below, so I was
looking directly down. We were traveling in a
south west direction so the sun was not shining
on my side of the plane. That is when I saw the
"briefcase" fly past, right below the wing. If
it had been much more underneath the plane it
would have been out of my line of sight.
I saw it for only a second but the rectangular
shape and black color was very definite against
the backdrop of white clouds below.
Instinctively I turned my head towards the back
of the plane where it had disappeared, but of
course saw nothing.
My thought progression went something like this.
"Oh, someone lost a briefcase. A cargo door must
be open", followed by, "Don't be silly, it must
have been a very big bird. Lucky we didn't hit
it!", and, "I wish we could turn around and take
another look".
I sat bemused for a while, acknowledging to
myself that I don't think any birds really fly
that high and even if they did, I don't know of
any that are shaped like a rectangle! I knew it
wasn't lost luggage. I've already been on a
plane flying out of Prince George that had an
open door in the cargo area. Believe me, we
noticed!
I don't know if anyone else saw the shape. The
pilots might have since we flew right over it,
but they certainly weren't going to get on the
intercom and say something like, "Wow! Did any
of you see that black thing we almost hit? I
wonder what it was."
Since that time, I've thought periodically about
finding someone who has skills in physics. I
certainly don't. I would like to be able to
calculate the size of the object. I know it was
actually much larger than a briefcase. At the
speed we were going, I imagine a briefcase would
have been no more than a quick black flash, if
that. I feel the shape was quite close to the
plane because of the speed as it passed by. I've
been in jets when I've looked out to see other
large jets going the opposite direction not far
below us. They are visible and easily
identifiable for a relatively long time.
As far as I know we were about 30,000 feet and
traveling around 400 mph. I don't know how high
the clouds were but we were well above them. The
object was between us and the clouds.
So my physics question is: assuming the object
was stationary and within a thousand feet of the
plane, at the speed we were going, how big would
it need to be to appear to be the size of a
briefcase.
Any help on that? Thanks, Brian.
Thank you to the witness for
their report.
Dec-2000,
North Surrey:
I
heard there was going to be a meteor shower one
night, so I stuck my Video camera outside the
window aimed towards the SW. I didn't see any
meteorites but did see several planes on
approach to the airport. I also picked up some
kind of flying object apparently following the
Hydro lines up Nordel Way and then making a hard
left turn about Scott Road. It almost looks like
a flying car but the lights are too large and
vertically oblong-shaped. It appears to be about
500 ft. altitude. I thought maybe it was a
Helicopter as it was too low for a plane and
turned too sharp. I showed the tape to a friend
of mine, who is a Commercial Pilot, and he
didn't know what it was but says it's not a
plane and he was pretty sure it wasn't a
Chopper. I misplaced the tape and hope I didn't
erase it.
13-Dec-00,
Victoria: (8:00 am)
"This morning at 8 am
while waiting for my bus to work I spotted
an unusual flying black object, oddly shaped
with no visible markings and producing no
audible sound flying slowly from east to
west. The object caught my attention because
of it's usual undefined shape and it's oddly
rotating movement. It's movement is what
caught my eye because it appeared to move
like an erratically spinning top when slowed
down. The object was a hand's length above
the tree tops traveling slowly, then picked
up speed and ascended 90 degrees until I
could not see it any longer. I have never
seen anything like it in my life! The area I
saw it was around the Gorge inlet in
Victoria, BC."
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