UFO
SIGHTING REPORTS FROM 2020
12-Jan-2020, Ucluelet, BC:
Attached here
are 3 pictures, before, the event and after. I
notices the strange thing when I was browsing the
pictures on my computer. I am attaching the
pictures in original state, look above and to the
right of the eagle. Picture taken at 11:55 am
Ucluelet, BC from the fishermen area, looking up
in the sky. You will see I was rotating
following eagle in flight.
It is not a
reflection for sure, sun is behind me, no dirty
lens either, the dot is not on the shot before and
after, it is not the moon I think.
Cheers.
  
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the lovely photos.
I think you are talking about:
If that is the case, that is likely to
be something very close to the camera, like a bug.
If you notice that the object appears translucent
and more of a blob than a solid object. That would
be due to the focus and telephoto aspect you would
need to catch the eagle in flight – the result is
that anything closer would be almost invisible.
Perfect example is to try to take a
photo of someone on the ice next time you’re at a
skating rink. The net that is usually up to
protect people in the seats from flying pucks, is
all but invisible when zoomed in and appears as a
haze rather than an object.
Thanks again for the photos – I would
frame those if I were you!
Cheers
Richard
UFO*BC
17-Jan-2020,
Surrey, BC: (4:45 and 7:30)
Hey, saw a post on your site about strange lights
in Surrey,
BC on October 29, 2019.
Saw these same lights Twice on Jan 17th, first
time about 4:45pm, then again about 7:30pm. Looks
like the poster from oct 29th lives in the same
building as i do, about 10 floors below me.
Here's what i saw:
Have a pair of binoculars and whoa, were these
weird to see through those! They are
different from one another, and were also
different at different times. Best i can
describe: a very bright burning ball of flames
with individual lights and outline of craft
visible aka didn't look like it was on fire by
accident, moreso a fire was part of the
appearance. 4:45 pm was yellow/orange flames with
bright red flame tips, 7:30 pm was white flames
with bright green flame tips. Shape was
somewhat like a crown, one appeared to be
rotating.
I'd say each lasted 20 minutes or so, but cant
really explain what happened to them as they
seemed to go behind a building that's in front of
us.
10-Feb-2020, Chilliwack,
BC: (6:30 am)
Hello to you,
from Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley of BC.
Here i am to
share with you two different sightings of the same
thing, 3nights(mornings) to a week apart, because
i am not understanding what i saw and I'm hoping
others can help explain.
So around
530-6 am I'm looking North and see a "moving star"
going East. Then another one behind it about an
eye's centimeter apart. Then another, counting a
total of 5, all spaced the same distance. Then
they faded out right before my eyes. The best way
to explain this is like a chain or wire with oil
drips going down it but instead of up & down
it was West to East and quite high in the sky as
it appeared to be a star(s) at first. It (they)
were at a higher altitude than what a plane flies
at for reference.
I was alone
the first sighting, but this morning (feb 10,2020)
my sister was outside with me. This time it was
about an hour or so later than the first sighting
& had been right overhead my house where as
the first one, was on the other side of my house
closer to the Fraser River (about 5-10km from me?)
if that makes sense. I told her about the first
sighting the morning it happened, and said that it
was exactly what I had explained to her the days
previous. She couldn't believe her eyes and
was surprised at what she had just seen
considering i had just told her about this a few
days prior.
So since i
have seen this twice now, i decided to report so i
can possibly get some answers to what it was or
entice others to come forward if they witnessed
this oddity too.
Thank you for
reading and i look forward to your reply.
Sincerely,
MissJenni
UFO*BC Responds:
Hello Jenni,
What you may have seen are the Starlink
satellites deployed by Spacex – they look like a
chain of lights separated by a distance exactly as
you described. There aren't many yet, but they
plan to deploy about 120 a month for the next few
years.
There is a website where you can enter
your location of Chilliwack as I did, and it will
tell you the times and dates that the satellites
will be visible.
https://heavens-above.com/
Thank-you.
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
19-Feb-2020, 100 Mile House, BC: (5:30 am)
My wife had
just gotten up and I was lying in the dark bedroom
and was absently looking out the window when into
my field of view at the top of the window frame
came a bright light (like an LED car light) little
larger than the stars and it was moving in
straight line. As I was trying to figure out what
I was looking at a second light came into view
following the first. When the third came into view
I had my face against the window and was calling
my wife who got there in time to see the last
three disappear behind a tree in our back yard.
After they went behind the tree we ran out on to
the deck but they were gone behind the next
building.
In all I
counted twelve traveling in a row about three
fingers apart at arms length in a East by
South/East direction. It was clear except for a
thin band of high clouds which they were above.
We routinely
have commercial jets going over here either at
thirty five or thirty seven thousand feet
depending on direction of travel. At that height
their running lights are clearly visible and one
can easily discern that they have more than one
light.
These moved
across the sky easily four or five time faster
than commercial jets. There was no discernible
sound signature, no vapor trail, no running
lights.
The reason
this is been posted here is I can come up with no
other explanation for what we saw.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the report. What you saw
is thanks to SpaceX - and they are a string of
satellites which orbit in groups. There are only a
few hundred in orbit at the moment, but the
current plan is to increase that to thousands - so
they will become a regular presence in our night
sky.
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
20-Feb-2020, Vancouver, BC: (6:05 am)
My name is
Dave and I live in Vancouver. It is now 06:22.
About 06:05, 20 Feb.2020 I stepped outside my
place for some fresh air. I looked up at a clear
sky with the stars still visible with dawn
approaching. I noticed at first what appeared to
be a Satellite moving across the sky
directly above and moving from West to North
East..then another spaced apart moving in the same
direction, another all spaced apart very high
altitude and counted about 10 in number.
UFO*BC Responds:
Hello Dave,
Thank-you for the report. What you saw
is thanks to SpaceX – and they are a string of
satellites which orbit in groups. There are only a
few hundred in orbit at the moment, but the
current plan is to increase that to thousands – so
they will become a regular presence in our night
sky.
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
6-Mar-2020, Mill Bay, BC:
I’m not sure
what I saw this morning but I can only describe it
as 8-10 satellite like lights travelling east over
Mill Bay BC towards the USA in perfectly spaced
formation: 2 followed by 2 followed by 3 then 2.
Very high
altitude which made me think satellite but the
formation doesn’t fit what I normally see. Very
clear morning and very dark. Could see no
contrails produced and no noise whatsoever.
I am familiar
with aircraft and see them regularly but this
doesn’t fit anything I normally see. My wife also
witnessed this.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the report,
What you saw is thanks to SpaceX - and
they are a string of satellites which orbit in
groups. There are only a few hundred in orbit at
the moment, but the current plan is to increase
that to thousands - so they will become a regular
presence in our night sky.
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
8-Mar-2020, Burnaby, BC:
Hello,
I was shopping
with my roommate going into the Safeway at
Kensington Heights Burnaby; we had been at the
Buy-Low at Holdom about 40 minutes before and were
admiring the moon but didn’t see anything else.
After we went to Safeway on Hastings we were
walking to the car and it was dark by then. We saw
a large white light in the western sky with what
looked like a smaller one beneath it. It was
really big and did not twinkle so I knew it wasn’t
a star. It never moved and we watched it for a
good 5+ minutes. I was thinking maybe it was a
space station or something. Any idea what this
was? We saw it with the naked eye and it was still
there when we got to Bainbridge Ave and Lougheed
Highway, still bright and not twinkling or moving
and that was about 15-20 minutes after leaving
Safeway.
Thanks,
Fran
UFO*BC Responds:
Hi Fran,
The ISS is only visible for a few
minutes. If you were able to see it some 20min
after the first sighting, then it was likely a
planet. Venus is clearly visible in our night sky
(when not raining … which is seldom) this time of
year. It appears as a very bright light, second
only to the moon.
Here is a link that may help, my vote is Venus.
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/canada/vancouver
Thanks,
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
14-Mar-2020, Qualicum Beach, BC: (10:40
pm)
Good day.
Last night I
was witness to a UFO sighting here in Qualicum
Beach, BC.
It was about
10:30 pm and my daughter and I where on our
outside hotter when all of a sudden we saw the
most amazing and longest shooting star we have
ever seen, after seeing this, we started talking
about UFO’s and my many experiences in Mexico
before. After a few minutes she went indoors and I
remained in the hotter, just lying down looking at
the beautiful night sky full of stars… it was then
that I saw a huge triangular shape, almost
transparent, see- through , and it had small
triangles within, it must have been at least
100 meters of the ground and it was slow and
steady, I saw it fly above me and then just flew
away… I felt mesmerized and amazed, I felt a
little bit of fear , but it quickly went away ,and
after a few more minutes I came back indoors and
told my wife and daughter about the incident.
15-Mar-2020, Alert Bay,
BC: (10:00 pm)
Was at home
with wife around 10 pm last night. We first saw
two lights like shooting stars but steady and
stable. Then from the same direction there came a
string of equidistant lights maybe 12 or 15
traveling in line formation.
It lasted few minutes.
Location is alert bay bc.
I took a video but it seems to compress and loose
quality when I try to share.
UFO*BC Responds:
I believe what you saw were the string
of satellites launched by Spacex.
I went to the Heavens Above website and
set it for Alert Bay. It does show that the the
Spacex satellites would be visible from your
location in the W/WNW direction from 8:00 until
about 11:30. Is that the direction you were
facing?
https://heavens-above.com/
15 March
STARLINK-1131
3.7 21:30:45
10° WNW
21:34:56 69°
NNE 21:35:55
48° ENE
15 March
STARLINK-1156
3.7 21:31:29
10° WNW
21:35:38 68°
N 21:36:34
49° ENE
15 March
STARLINK-1190
3.7 21:35:42
10° WNW
21:39:53 70°
N 21:40:40
54° ENE
15 March
STARLINK-1148
3.7 21:35:55
10° WNW
21:40:04 70°
NNE 21:40:49
54° ENE
15 March
STARLINK-1158
3.6 21:40:50
10° WNW
21:45:00 72°
NNE 21:45:33
61° ENE
15 March FALCON 9
DEB ?
21:44:33
10° W
21:45:07 15°
W 21:45:07
15° W
15 March FALCON 9
DEB ?
21:51:04
10° W
21:51:23 13°
W 21:51:23
13° W
15 March
STARLINK-1162
4.4 22:20:39
10° WNW
22:23:48 50°
WNW 22:23:48
50° WNW
15 March
STARLINK-1170
5.7 22:24:36
10° WNW
22:25:30 17°
W 22:25:30
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1179
5.7 22:24:37
10° WNW
22:25:33 17°
W 22:25:33
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1176
5.7 22:25:19
10° WNW
22:26:12 17°
W 22:26:12
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1132
5.7 22:25:24
10° WNW
22:26:18 17°
W 22:26:18
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1150
5.7 22:25:51
10° WNW
22:26:43 17°
W 22:26:43
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1163
5.8 22:26:22
10° WNW
22:27:14 17°
W 22:27:14
17° W
15 March
STARLINK-1157
4.6 22:25:40
10° WNW
22:28:37 45°
WNW 22:28:37
45° WNW
Dave
UFO*BC
16-Mar-2020, Qualicum
Beach, BC: (11:30 pm)
Tonight around
11:30pm in Cultus Lake, BC, I was looking up at
the sky and noticed a strange bright light with a
smaller dimmer light moving around it. It went on
for a good 2 minutes and then row after row of the
smaller dimmer lights, must've been 50 or more
over the course of 20 minutes one after another
moving perfectly synced in direction and a slow
steady speed, some would stop and dart up and
down, but would continue on the exact same path as
all the other ones after. Eight other witnesses
were with me none of us had ever seen anything
like it. It was much too dark to get a video on a
cell phone but a friend in Abbotsford, BC managed
to get a video of when it all started with the one
bright light and the smaller dimmer light moving
around it. I am a believer we are not alone in the
universe but what is going on is the real
question?
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the report,
What you likely saw is thanks to SpaceX
- and they are a string of satellites which orbit
in groups. There are only a few hundred in orbit
at the moment, but the current plan is to increase
that to thousands - so they will become a regular
presence in our night sky.
Richard
UFO*BC
18-Mar-2020, Victoria, BC : (Late
afternoon) (Reported 7-Aug-2021)
I observed 4
orbs above the Victoria BC marina.
The orbs were about 400-600 feet off the
ground. Orbs were moving slowly East bound.
All 4 objects were equally spaced apart at a 45
degree angle. All travelling the same speed. No
noise was heard. Not sure what it was.
However, they were perfectly spherical, almost
black in colour, about the size of two basketballs
each orb was in size.
Sighting was about 20 seconds in total until they
were out of sight.
The day was sunny and clear. I had a very clear
view.
25-Mar-2020, Vancouver, BC:
I was near
Cambie St and Marine Dr in South Vancouver at a
park. A couple of friends and I looked up into the
night sky and saw what seemed to be 4 satellites
going in the same direction and disappearing into
a possible cloud that wasn't visible. In the
opposite direction we saw 1 that looked similar
but had momentarily paused and slightly changed
direction. We thought logically they all had to be
satellites. When walking away we saw another one
but this one seemed to significantly brighter but
looked to be taken the same path as the first 4.
As we walked towards it the UFO slowed down almost
to a complete stop until it started veering into
another direction and disappearing into what may
have been a cloud that wasn't visible in the night
sky. Could you possibly shed some light on this?
UFO*BC Responds:
The group of 4 satellites going in the
same direction is thanks to SpaceX - and they are
a string of satellites which orbit in groups.
There are only a few hundred in orbit at the
moment, but the current plan is to increase that
to thousands - so they will become a regular
presence in our night sky.
The other one – I cannot say … perhaps
an aircraft’s landing light? As you know
satellites cannot change direction, so if it
wasn’t due to some type of optical effect that
caused it to appear to move in a non linear
fashion, then I cannot say what the 5th object was
– there just isn’t enough information I’m afraid.
But as mentioned the 4 are certainly SpaceX
satellites.
Thanks for the report!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
7-Apr-2020, Aldergrove,
BC: (about 10:00 pm)
Last night,
April 7,2020 (full moon) I took a photo outside of
the moon about 10:00 pm at home near the
Aldergrove border crossing. The photo shows
another small blue bright circle to lower right of
the moon. A friend in Nanaimo had the same blue
circle in her photo. I am curious to know what it
is.
UFO*BC Responds:
I’m curious, was the blue orb visible to
the naked eye when you took the photo?
Thank-you
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
Witness Responds:
Not really, no.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thanks for the reply.
I suspected that it was not visible to
the naked eye. What you have there is what is
commonly called a lens flare. They are often found
when the lens is very small (like in a phone
camera) and the light source is very bright (as in
the full moon). Here in the Wikipedia entry for
it- and they can do a much better job explaining
it than I can do 😊
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare
Thanks again for the email!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
11-Apr-2020, Surrey, BC:
(3:10 am)
On April 11
2020 in South Surrey BC, at 3:10 am I woke up
couldn't sleep made my self a coffee, turned on my
TV and sat by my window as I do every am, when I
noticed a strange light outside, really unusual.
I would like
to mention I reside in a RV and have done so for
14 years and in the same lot, so a strange
light/glow would really be out of place. I was
memorized for a moment, couldn't really explain
what it was, at that moment I turned my TV off to
attempt a better view through the cedar hedges but
I needed more. I had my slippers on so I went
outside, climbed my ladder to my roof and stood
there in awe. There was a round orange/yellow
stationary object absolutely no noise
then it took off straight up well in the direction
of 1:00 o'clock. I stood there for a few more
seconds, climbed down, went in, and to remember, I
wrote it in my journal. Also used my phone for
compass direction, 128 SE from where I saw/ seen
it . The night was clear as to be sure it wasn't
the moon I saw the moon just off my right
shoulder, unusual still can't explain it, was the
strangest thing I have seen and yes I should have
taken my phone but curiosity got the better of me!
19-Apr-2020, Vancouver, BC: (1:00 am)
Staying at 220
Princess Avenue, 9th floor when I noticed a green
and red triangle SHAPE moving east to west in a
blink of an eye was gone about 30 mins. Never seen
anything like that before..
19-Apr-2020, Chilliwack, BC: (10:30 pm)
Hello there.
This sighting happened 10:30pm or so, Sunday April
19th 2020, just outside Chilliwack BC. I had been
sitting, watching the sky & flashing a pattern
with a flashlight. After a while, I spotted a
series of Skylink satellites.. all in an evenly
spaced row.. very interesting.. they were a ways
south of dead center of the sky & moving west
to east from what i could tell.. i was almost
looking straight up watching them.. the big dipper
was a little off to the left & higher up of
where i was looking at the time.. whats really
interesting is i then noticed another ‘light’
about the same size as the satelites, but brighter
& moving faster.. it was navigating in a
curved path from an area on one side of the row of
satelites, to an area on the opposite side of
them.. like, crossing their path.. this curved
trajectory was repeated three times, then the
object sped off and became too dim/ small to see.
It was like it was being ‘piloted’.. watching it
‘felt’ totally different from the satelites or a
plane that passed earlier.. kind of a weird
feeling watching this thing!
22-Apr-2020, Ashcroft, BC:
I got it on
film..... I came home seen what was 2 long lines
side by side in the sky. When it went over stars
they would disappear. I thought I never caught it
on my cell phone but after some time looking at it
I spotted it on the film and so did my nephew.
Just outside of Ashcroft. (video attached)
UFO*BC Responds:
Here is an enhanced still from your
video, you can see the lights (central strip):
What you’re seeing (and I must say I’m
impressed you managed to film them with a
smartphone) are the Space X Starlink satellites ..
here is another show of them
You can find all the details here:
http://www.ufobc.ca/Reports/stringoflights.html
Thanks for the report!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
10-May-2020, Harrison Hot Springs, BC:
Not sure what
I witnessed last night ... but definitely scared
the hell out of me......something flew by my house
300 to 400 hundred feet off the ground .... it was
totally silent ... it had form but was see
through! I know weird eh !!! I yelled for my wife,
she later said that she believed me .... a lot of
activity in the sky last night shortly after the
SpaceX Satellite show. I can give you more
information if you would like.
UFO*BC Responds:
Yes please, any details as to what you
saw would be great. Typical things are time, date,
location, direction you were facing, direction of
travel of object (if any), size shape of object
etc.
Thanks!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
June, 2020 - Coquitlam, BC.
On a June night, a Saturday - I
was out in my back yard as the fire was burning
down in my wood oven. It was a clear night. I was
gazing up towards the northern sky. What I saw was
also witnessed by a friend who was in Maple Ridge.
It is best described - similar to what you see in
Star Wars or Star Trek when the space craft slow
down from warp speed. Similar to what I witnessed
in 1991 - a white light appeared traveling towards
me at a tremendous speed and then it slowed down
and ended with a burst of light that disbursed in
all directions. From out of that burst of white
light I observed a much fainter orange illuminated
vehicle tracing a path at 90 degrees from the
direction that the white light appeared traveling.
The next day - I told my friends what I had
witnessed at appropriate 12:30am - and my friends
reported they saw the same thing from Granton
Narrows in Maple Ridge.
17-June-2020, Smithers, BC: (3:23 am)
Early this
morning I was standing on the back deck of my
house between 3:30am - 3:35am June 17, 2020 on
Poplar Road in Smithers, BC.
I was facing
towards 127 degrees SE, when the event was noticed
and captured from start. When it ended I was
roughly facing 103 degrees East.
I couldn’t
use my Video option in my phone, it was too dark,
however; my photo worked.. and used the PhotoBurst
option on iPhone to take a video-like, photo
experience. Edited in iMovie to form a video.
This video doesn’t do justice to what was seen by
the eyes’. There were several lights
flashing/blinking around [about 6],.. and, that
black bar is the roof of my home.
Also, in the past month I’ve witnessed several
[about 10] UFO sightings above/around my home… no
one believed me, so I finally got some proof!
Haha-
UFO*BC Responds:
Just wanted to update as to our findings
After looking at air traffic, I came across what I
think may be what you saw – at least the timing,
location and direction are spot on the money.
For 03:23PST we need 10:23UTC, so
https://www.flightradar24.com/2020-06-17/10:23/12x/54.43,-127.18/8
The large plane (right above Houston in the big
photo) is en-route to ORD from ANC Boeing 777,
flight CAO1055 Would be visible in the sky. The
direction SE/E would be correct, and perhaps the
lights on the newer 777s may look a bit funky from
the ground ..
At 3:20am it was this close:
At the time of the event (3:23), it was
here (below) … so it could just be an airplane??
Other than that, I am not too sure what
else it could be. As this field is full of
unknowns, and we cannot be sure about anything,
but I’m reasonably convinced you saw a Boeing 777
that night en-route to Chicago. What do you think?
Thanks
Richard
UFO*BC
28-Jun-2020, French
Creek, BC: (1:15 pm)
Hi, I live in
French creek on Vancouver island. Today I saw 3
what I thought at first to be bright silver
balloons flying past me. I couldn’t tell until I
saw a friend around the corner seeing what I saw.
Sonya’s husband has binocs out and said not
balloons. One of them turned upside down at one
point. Then a 4th flew right above our heads. It
was the same bright silver, round with hollow
inside and lights around it. It wasn’t big so
maybe 2-3 feet in width. And off it went into the
distance. All 4 seemed to go off in different
directions. If they were drones, I would think
they’d not be allowed because we have an airport
nearby. I don’t know much about drones but these
did not look like typical drones I’ve ever seen
and they didn’t make any noise. I’m very curious.
Unfortunately I didn’t have my phone with me to
take pic but there are 3 of us that saw the same
thing. Any ideas? I don’t know who to report this
to. This occurred today approx 1:15 pm.
14-July-2020, Lillooet, BC: (around
midnight)
On July 14
2020, myself and 2 other friends were camping near
Lillooet, BC. At approximately 12am, we laid down
to star gaze. The night sky was clear and black.
If you’ve ever been to this area at night, you’ll
know that there is nearly zero light pollution. We
could see the entire night sky, including the glow
of the Milky Way galaxy. As we were looking for
constellations, we noticed a couple satellites
moving through the sky and saw several shooting
stars.
Moments later
we all witnessed a strange light moving in the
sky. At first glance we believed it to be another
satellite. But as we watched the light, we noticed
it move in a strange pattern. It moved across the
sky, then stopped suddenly. It began to glow like
a bright shining star, then dimmed, then moved
again in a different direction. It did this a few
times. Moving, then glowing, then dimming, and
moving again, in a zig-zag pattern. We watched the
dim light disappear into the sky.
We wanted to
share our story for a possible explanation or if
another person may have witness something similar.
15-Jul-2020, Maple Ridge, BC: (11 pm)
I am seeing
small visible lights in sky tonight moving around
north to south and east to west. I phoned my
cousin and pointed them out and he also saw them.
Clearly moving around in different directions.
Maybe a dozen or so of them all over the sky.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thanks for the report. Can you provide
some more information as to where you were at the
time, and which direction you were facing?
What are the lights doing? Did they just
appear? Or did they arrive from a particular
direction?
Thanks
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
Witness Responds:
In Maple Ridge at around 11pm. I was
looking south. Pretty much north of the south
horizon. I was star gazing and then I saw one
move. Small light. Then another move. Small light.
Sometimes they would emit a light or look
blinking. One started moving to North towards
Whistler and I followed it. Another started moving
east. There must've been like half dozen.
17/20-July-2020, Lone
Butte, BC: (after 11:55 pm)
Myself and 6
friends were staying at a cabin up in Bridge Lake
in Lone Butte Canada from July 17-20 and witnessed
lights in the sky of different sizes and
brightness and colours every night after 11:55 pm.
We saw some divide from one light into three,
hover and fly off. At one point two crossed paths
hovered and continued in different directions,
most of the sightings occurred crossing past the
Milky Way or that general viewpoint. From our
vantage point it seemed like they were the same
size as the stars and very far above us and would
cross the entire skyline moving in fast jerky
movements, stopping and or shooting off at a fast
pace. We managed to capture one on a cell phone,
all you can see is a tiny dot moving across the
screen and even though there was a full sky of
stars the phone camera only shows the light which
we though was strange even at the time. Here’s the
video we got of a smaller one, we are convinced
they were not bugs or satellites. Would love to
know if anyone else saw anything that weekend. We
enjoyed all the moments and it will remain a
magical memory for all of us.
22-July-2020, Vancouver,
BC: (10 pm)
On July 22nd,
around 10 pm, we were standing
in an alley between 55 and 57 Street in the
backyard of a house on Knight Street. We were
looking toward the southern hemisphere at Jupiter
and Saturn I believe. We saw three red lights
forming a triangle with a green blinking centre.
UFO*BC Responds:
Can you describe what made the light
appear to be something out of the ordinary - what
properties would lead you to believe that?
What did the triangle do? Was there any
solid structure making up the object or just 3
lights?
Please feel free to write the entire
event, and include any/all details you can think
of!
Thanks
Richard
Witness Responds:
I was with an old coworker sitting in
the passenger seat of his vehicle as I asked him
to wait for me to reserve a car online. While I’m
doing this on my phone he starts describing three
lights... long story short I looked up and saw
three red lights in a a triangle form with an
intermittent green flash in the centre. I
immediately got out thinking could be a drone and
said, "Let’s walk closer to see if we can get a
better view.", but after walking one block we
concluded it was too far away to get closer so
there was no visual other than lights. After
observing for about 30 seconds it literally slid
across the sky like it was on a slide rail and the
distance it travelled had to be pretty far because
from our point of view it looked like it was on
the west of Jupiter and then after sliding across
the sky It appeared on the other side of Saturn.
Note we did not lose sight of it travelling across
the sky. It stayed in this location for about 60
seconds and then it slid back to the original
position for about two more minutes then it slid
halfway between those two points, turned into a
white light and look like it shot off into the
distance toward Jupiter. Disappearing within two
seconds it also turned into a white light as it
shot away. We went back the next night thinking we
could see it again but we saw nothing. My coworker
said, "Google it. I can’t believe we are the only
ones who saw it." When I did I found recent
sightings on your website and a video that
somebody took on July 22. In that video it
appeared to be the same three red lights, however
it did not move across the sky like we saw it and
some comments on your website suggested it was a
weather balloon but I think not!
25-July-2020, Surrey, BC: (about 11:25 pm)
I
recently just saw a UFO July 25th 2020 around
11:25pm (not sure of the exact time) flying over
my house very slowly roughly around these
coordinates 49.043544, -122.797045 heading east.
At first I thought it was one of the brightest
stars but then I quickly realized it was moving.
After about 20 seconds of watching it move with no
sound a military helicopter (almost positive it
was one but remember it was the middle of the
night) came flying right towards object lights on
and everything. As soon as the chopper got within
3000 meters or less (it was above my house at this
point) the object suddenly started moving faster
and faster until its light completely faded into
the night probably took about 15-20 seconds the
light faded in about 5 seconds. The trajectory of
the object looked to me as if it left the
atmosphere. I have never seen anything move so
fast and silently. After the light disappeared the
chopper quickly did a u-turn and during this, all
the lights on the chopper turned off only with
about 1 light on after the whole ordeal. I wish I
would have recorded this event but due to the
nature of what I was seeing I came to the
conclusion I would not have enough time to run
inside and come back out because at first I
thought it was a plane (it is normal to see planes
fly over my house daily). I am contacting you
because this is not the first time I have seen an
object over my house in my backyard but this is
the first time I have seen another aircraft follow
one. I also believe I am not the only one who
witnessed this event as when I checked google
trends shortly after the event there were over 100
google searches in my area on the topic "Ufo
sighting bc". I hope this information is of use
and if you do ever get any footage from July 25th
2020 in my area could you please forward it to me
I cannot be the only one in such a busy area.
28-Jul-2020, Burnaby, BC: (10:15 pm)
I just came
across your page while googling UFO in Burnaby
because that is what I just witnessed. An object I
can't identify.
At
approximately 10:15pm this evening I noticed a
bright light moving from the north west over my
home and over towards the south east over central
Burnaby. There was no sound, only one very bright
light and no flashing lights like planes
have. After about 30 seconds, the light
dimmed and was gone. There are no clouds in the
sky and it was moving slowly at first but picked
up speed a bit. It was quite high up and the light
was brighter than any aircraft I've seen and when
it dimmed it was like the battery of a flashlight
was dying and it faded quickly. No idea what this
was.
29-July-2020, Squamish, BC: (10:20 pm)
We had a
bright moon in Squamish, I went out on my balcony
to take a photo and realized that what looked like
a star, but bigger, was moving to the left. It
flew over the Chief and was gone. It didn't have
anything flashing and was quiet, it looked to be
low but I couldn't really tell as it flew over the
mountain.
The photos
were taken at 10:21 pm on July 28th/2020 from
downtown Squamish, right across from the library.
30-July-2020,
Surrey, BC: (10:20 pm)
Tonight (July
30th) at approximately 10:20 PM I was in the
neighborhood of chimney heights in surrey bc
looking at the sky admiring Jupiter and Saturn so
close in the sky when I noticed a moving star that
looked like the other recent sightings on the
site. It was moving slowly at first till it
started to pick up speed as it looked like it was
moving farther way till it just disappeared in the
middle of the sky like it left earth.
I was
approximately 500m from chimney hill elementary
school facing south toward Seattle staring at the
planets until I noticed the moving star which
disappeared to the right of Jupiter. I use an app
to track the planets so I'm certain about what I
was looking at. Also 2 other people were with me
at the time of the sighting.
30-July-2020, Hope, BC: (about 11 pm)
Hope, BC. No
picture because moving extremely quick and caught
us by surprise. It was a very large oval of lights
that almost looked like it was trying to be
transparent but one unit appeared to the North
above lake of the woods and within a few seconds
slid across the sky into behind the mountain. A
friend and I were both sitting talking looking in
that direction and when it appeared we stopped for
a second, both saw and watched, then I said "Did u
just see that too?" And my friend said, "Ya, that
was fuckin weird." We saw the same thing because
she said Pan-shaped lights and I said oval-shaped
lights. Pretty much the same time. The size
compared to the mountain was the same as the top
portion and it very elegantly slid out of site
with no sound. Very quickly.
Aug-2020, Princeton:
Hello from
Princeton BC. It seems every night I see a bright
red flashing light with a blue and white light at
about 15 degrees above the northern horizon. It
appears just after dark in the same place and
doesn’t move while I watch. Last month during
neowise watching I saw it the first time and then
it was in the south east at 20 degrees above the
horizon. It actually looks like a police car
hovering in mid-air.
UFO*BC Responds:
I know the local area is getting cell
tower upgrades, could it be you are seeing a newly
installed beacon for air traffic to notify them of
the new towers being installed?
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
7-Aug-2020, Victoria, BC: (4:39 am)
I saw this go
across the sky Aug 6th 2020 at 4:39am.
I will also
send a video of it. It was much larger than a
plane and made no noise.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank you for the photos and video of
that very interesting object. Could you give us a
brief description of the timeline? What first
brought your attention to it? What direction were
you facing? How much of the sky did it traverse?
How long did you watch it? How did you lose sight
of it? Did it fade away as the sky got brighter?
Did it go behind a tree/building?
One puzzling aspect, some photos show the object
angling from from low on the left to high on the
right, but other photos show it angled the
opposite direction. Did it change its angle, or
did some of the images get reversed?
Dave
UFO*BC
Witness Responds:
I was outside having my coffee at 4:35am
looking at the stars (facing West at 5042 Wesley
Rd) when I noticed the object and began watching
it for about 1min before I started photographing
it.
I took 4 photos in about 1min time frame and then
started the recording that lasted 1 min 46 sec. In
that recording it was West of me heading East
toward the sunrise. That is why its angle changed
as it passed almost over me heading East towards
Mount Baker with no noise (I live in a very quiet
area) In the beginning of the video it disappeared
behind a large Fir tree for a few seconds.
After I stopped recording, I took a few more
photos (facing East) as It disappeared out of my
site due to the distance and brightness (close to
Mount Baker). In total it took about 5-6 min from
first site to out of site.
UFO*BC Responds:
OK, now I am a little embarrassed. I
believe what you have photographed and filmed is a
tight group of SpaceX Starlink satellites! At that
time of day (on Aug 7, not Aug 6) they could be
seen travelling from WNW to ENE. They were so
tightly packed that they looked like 1 solid
object. Here is another view from Fort Worth,
Texas last January, where they were spread out a
bit more - SpaceX.
Dave
UFO*BC
8-Aug-2020, Aldergrove, BC: (10 pm)
Hello I’m in BC exactly between Aldergrove and
Langley. Me and my girlfriend saw a bright red
light moving west to east. At her family’s house.
Saturday 10pm. South of my location. Came into
view, solid red light moving straight. No sound
and it was so bright and not blinking so we
started watching it. Kinda zigged, it went behind
the house so we walked around, couldn’t find it
for a second then it appeared in the same area
going the same way. So I quickly grabbed my
binoculars, we’re going camping so I have them
handy. Looked at it for 10 seconds before it
disappeared behind a tree in the front yard. (It
was just a single bright light. Moving.) So we
walked to our left 10 steps to see it again and it
was gone. Totally gone, it should have been right
there. We stood silent and could hear the next
plane going by. But they all blink and are not as
bright as this thing was. Other people on this
site seem to explain the same thing. Hoping we can
figure it out.
8-Aug-2020, Abbotsford: (about 10 pm)
In response to
the attached report (see "8-Aug-2020,
Aldergrove" above). My husband
saw the same phenomenon around the same time from
one of our bedroom windows. He saw 4 different
objects flying around in circles towards the North
of Abbotsford. He then woke me up and when I
looked there were only 2 objects, appeared to have
3 bright white lights and 1 red light. It wasn't
anything like a plane. We live in the country side
and it is pretty quiet. There was no sound from
these objects and were roughly not more than 500
feet from ground. I witnessed it for about close
to 10 minutes. I unfortunately didn't think of
making a video as I was in such an awe to watch
the whole thing live. I have never observed
anything like it before.
8-Aug-2020, Kamloops, BC : (11:10 pm)
On the night
of August 8, 2020 My wife and I were on our deck
in Kamloops facing south. It was a clear beautiful
night around 11.10 pm. We were stargazing and
watching for satellites. Then my wife said to me,
what is that? I looked south where she was
pointing Their was a large object heading in a
easterly direction. Just to the east of our home
is a light Industrial area that always has bright
flood lights on. As the object was low and came
into the light you could clearly see it. You could
see a boomerang shaped object at that point.
The object was a grey metal type with rust on
parts of the wings like it had gone through a rust
storm. The Boomerang shaped object was totally
silence as it flu by.It continued east and was
quickly out of sight. We were just wondering if
anyone in the Kamloops area had made a report.
UFO*BC
Followup:
Thank-you for the report.
I haven't heard of anyone else making such a
report for that timeframe.
A few questions:
• How large was the object?
• How high (altitude) was the object, I would
assume low as you could see it from the local
street level lights?
• You are saying it went form a West to East or a
south to East?
• Could you perhaps provide your approximate
location so that we can see what the possible
flight path of the object may have been?
Thanks and chat soon,
Richard
Witness Responds:
Good morning Richard. To answer your
questions.
The object was approximately 40 (forty) feet long
and from tip to tip of the boomerang shaped wing
span was approximately 50 (fifty) feet wide.
It was flying from the West to East along the
ridge of our valley which we figure was no more
than 1000 (one thousand) feet high. It flew
directly over top of us at a speed of maybe 20 km,
very slow. We were sitting in our lounge chairs
looking up at the stars. Jumping out of our
chairs, now standing, our necks were tilted back
as far as possible and we were looking at the
underneath of the object as it flew over. Once it
past over us we had a better view because of the
neighbours flood lights.
If you look on google earth, you will have a
better idea of the terrain.
10-Aug-2020, Surrey, BC: (about 11:30 pm)
Hello. Last
night August 10th 2020 around 11:30pm, I noticed a
red light flash for about a second and a
half. Then about 10 seconds later I saw a
white light flash but it was a little further away
to the left and then I saw a white flash very dim
a little further away again and then nothing seen
after the total of 3 flashes.
This was
observed from around King George Highway and 108th
Avenue (North Surrey) I was looking in the South
part of the sky when I saw this so these flashes
would have been South of Surrey Central. I
would not have submitted this except others have
seen something similar over last few nights.
14-Aug-2020, Sooke, BC: (around 7:30 pm)
I am a ten
year old girl and I am using my dads email
address. I believe I have seen a UFO. It looked
like a silver shining flying disk. It was about
200 feet off the ground. I looked at my family to
say look look but when I turned back around and it
was gone. I know this sounds crazy but I know I
saw it. It was not a plane or a helicopter or a
satellite. It was different. This is her dad it
appeared behind our backyard around 730 pm aug
14th in sooke bc near the ocean.
14-Aug-2020, Port Moody, BC: (11:30 pm)
Clear night.
My friend and
I were both looking at Saturn. This was the second
time within about 20 minutes. This time we noticed
a light similar in brightness to Saturn. It was
stationary, relatively close, and
located directly above. No flashing lights,
no odd colours. It began to slowly move upwards
and instantly disappeared within a few seconds.
14-Aug-2020, North Burnaby, BC: (11:45 pm)
I was visiting
friends in the North Burnaby area when I stepped
out on the balcony to get some air. The
evening was completely clear, not a cloud in the
sky; looking straight out from the balcony I was
facing north and a bit west (N 345). I
looked up to check out the stars and really
couldn’t see any because my eyes hadn’t quite
adjusted and of course the typical light pollution
didn’t help. Looking straight up I scanned
the sky directly above me and noticed a bright
light above me in the north and slightly east sky;
for a better understanding, looking straight up,
the light was just to my right, or slightly east
(NE 50).
At first I
thought it was a very bright star because it
wasn’t moving, no red, blue or flashing lights so
I ruled out a plane. I’ve seen the SpaceX
satellites and space station, which have a
trajectory, so I ruled those out. When I say
bright, I mean it was brighter and larger than
Venus has been over this past year, that’s why at
first I thought it was a plane. As I
watched, the light slowly started to fade, seem to
grow smaller as if moving away, and eventually it
completely disappeared. I kept scanning the
northern sky from east to west for another 10
minutes to see if the light appeared anywhere
else, but I saw nothing.
I’ve seen
similar phenomenon on 4 separate occasions in the
past 10-years; I think I’m looking at a bright
star and it disappears. In two cases they
have appeared as a bright star for a period of
seconds, then slowly dim out. On the other
two occasions the light has been steady, become
brighter and larger, and then quickly disappears
as if an exploding star. In every case these
objects are stationary.
15-Aug-2020, New Westminster, BC: (9:25
pm)
I swear to god
on my life this was a once in a lifetime thing.
Last night August 15 2020 around 9:25 or so I was
sitting having a cigarette and noticed a very very
bright light to my left (it was flashing like a
plane except there was only the bright light on no
other colors). At first I thought it was a plane
but, as I watched it, it wasn't moving like one.
It would be in one spot and blink then a second
later be in a different place it seemed to move
sporadic but did not move forward. I got up
to take a closer look and a flash of light went by
me over my head to the left. I then watched the
sky and to my right about 3 minutes later I saw a
light in the shape of a 3d box. It was on a
slanted position it looked to be about 50 meters
in length it started at one point then grew in to
a box then collapsed from back to front in a split
second. It illuminated the cloud very
slightly. It looked like something going in to
another dimension it took me a few hours to fall
to sleep after that. I have never seen anything
like that before......any suggestions on what I
saw?
15-Aug-2020, Chilliwack, BC: (around 9:30
pm)
Wife and I
witnessed an object that would glow brilliantly
and slowly pulsate into dim red. The object came
into my vision flying SSE towards the airport then
suddenly jerked towards north and flew over nw and
went down behind the mountain. The object did not
fly straight at all, the best i can describe its
flight is as weightless, flies like its rocket
propelled, yet it was able to quickly descend
falling side to side like a feather. No sound at
all, flew faster than anything I've ever seen, it
defies logic, no human could withstand the forces.
Entire sighting lasted close to 30 seconds. I saw
a bright star on Friday (Aug 14) next to Jupiter
and I logged Skyview, looked down for a sec and
the star was gone. That experience is the reason I
was looking up last night. Many aircraft were in
the sky all over the area so surely one pilot must
have seen something.
17-Aug-2020, Vancouver, BC: (8 pm)
Yesterday
evening around 8pm I was sitting on my balcony. It
was still daylight, so when I looked to the sky
and saw a very bright light I knew it was
something strange. I asked my roommate to come
take a look and sure enough the light became
brighter and began to move, first vertically, then
horizontally, then in a very sporadic manner. It
veered off to the right and the light inverted,
turned into a tiny black dot and sailed off to the
north.
About an hour
later I was sitting in my bedroom with the blinds
drawn and felt the same light, back in the same
area of the sky shining through my window. This
was a very bright and large object. We managed to
capture a video this time.
About twenty
minutes after the object disappeared behind the
building a very low flying plane came and circled
the area about a half dozen times.
17-Aug-2020,
Burnaby, BC: (10:20 pm)
Hey. I live in
North Burnaby BC and got a call from a friend of
mine on August 17th of a red bright dot in the sky
that got his attention to the point he called his
family out to see. The red pinkish light
disappeared then came back and disappeared again.
I went to look around in the location as I was
driving home and didn’t see anything. On the
return home I saw a red light blinking faintly
near North Vancouver. My friend had seen it to the
east 15 minutes prior. The next day on August 18th
I got a call from another friend saying they saw
this red pinkish dot near north Burnaby that
seemed to warp off leaving a trail of pink light
when it shot. Anyways here’s my video not sure if
it’s the same light they reported but I saw this
over North Vancouver bridge.
20-Aug-2020, Chilliwack, BC: (11:00 pm)
Hi. I live in
Chilliwack BC, and on Aug 20th, 2020 at 11:00PM. I
went out on the porch and suddenly there was
a huge bright orange light, high in the SE sky,
kinda over Cultus Lake area. It was big, then
slowly faded to nothing, then again appeared.
Never seen anything like it. Surely others must
have witnessed this. Here is a still image and a
video (shortened by UFO*BC):
28-Aug-2020, Chilliwack,
BC:
I was out on
my deck taking pictures of the moon when this
object suddenly passed in front of me. My
impression was: large, quiet, no noise,
cigar-shaped, light front and back, no wings or
wheels/ landing gear, no tail. One light in
front and one in the back, seemed to be one unit.
I thought glider but no wings.
What
could it be?
[UFO*BC
NOTE: Further information from the
witness indicates the videos were taken in
Chilliwack around 9:26 pm on August 28, facing
south.]
3-Sep-2020, Langley, BC:
(2:15 pm)
Hi there,
I wanted to
send in 3 pictures of an object I saw in the
middle of the day at about 215pm on September 3rd
2020. I live at 209 and 78B ave in Langley BC.
It was a clear
day no clouds and I was on my rooftop patio
enjoying the sun. I looking at the mountains in
the north east when suddenly this white object
appeared very high in the sky. This isn't the
first time I have scene something strange in the
sky at this address. 2 weeks before this I saw a
silver object in the sky but it was too far for my
camera on my phone to pick up.
At first I
thought it might be a drone but it was just too
high in the sky. The weird thing is that it just
hovered in the sky for a good 10-12 min not
moving, then started to come closer to me. It went
right above me and then to the east, and finally
just disappeared. I have a Samsung s20 and it has
30x zoom on it. I was able to catch 3 pictures at
30x zoom, which is max zoom. If you zoom in on it,
It looks like a square box with some kind of white
circular field around it. I am absolutely baffled
at what it could be. Like I said it was really
high in the sky definitely not a plane or a drone.
I am very curious what you think it might be.
Thank you for
your time. Cheers.
[UFO*BC
NOTE: Pictures were almost identical -
only 1 shown]
UFO*BC Responds:
Given the date range is similar (and
they were in the area) this is likely what you
caught:
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/floating-cell-tower-solar-powered-internet-balloon-sails-over-vancouver-island-1.5093484
One note, ensure you aren’t using
digital zoom on your camera, as it isn’t gaining
anything, but only cropping. You need to rely on
the optical zoom.
Thanks!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
3-Sep-2020, Chilliwack, BC: (8:33 pm)
Facing west
when a light appeared in the sky, it moved quickly
and erratically for a few seconds before
vanishing. I reached for my phone and recorded the
sky a bit north and the light appeared again,
stayed stationary a moment before disappearing.
Skylink comes through this area at this time but
its not visible at 8:33, moves straight, and is
never stationary.
https://youtu.be/Y7nP73xUhGY
4-Sep-2020, Surrey. BC: (5:30 pm)
To your
knowledge did a large high altitude weather
balloon drift over North Delta and Surrey, moving
from west to east, this afternoon around 5:30 pm?
UFO*BC Responds:
I know that UBC does release them from
time to time, so although it is possible, the
timing is a bit late. Weather balloons are usually
released early in the morning to get the thermals
to allow to gain altitude, and by 5pm, they would
be far past the lower mainland.
RIchard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
Witness Responds:
Thanks for your reply. My son and I went
on the Internet and narrowed our sighting down to
a Project Loon balloon at roughly 50,000 feet
altitude.
I've flown thousands of hours and released weather
balloons but this object had us stumped.
Project Loon is operated by Google and its parent
company Alphabet.
https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/floating-cell-tower-solar-powered-internet-balloon-sails-over-vancouver-island-1.5093484
5-Sep-2020, Horseshoe
Bay, BC:
Was in
Horseshoe Bay with my husband last weekend and
took a few pictures of a ferry coming in to dock.
When reviewing the pictures we found a strange
object in one of the photos which was not noticed
when the picture was taken. It is a black object
to the left of the ferry, center of the picture.
Seems too large to be a bird. Any idea what it
could be?
UFO*BC Responds:
If you mean this object:
It is a crow, flying close to the
camera, going from right to left. Both wings are
in the downward position, head and beak are
clearly visible to the left and tail on the right.
Or did you mean another part of the
photo?
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
9-Sep-2020, Vancouver, BC:
41st and
fraser st Vancouver bc I took a walk to the
Chevron on main and 41st left my house at
approximately 4:13am to return at about 4:35 am
when I had noticed a bright light in the sky
walking eastbound on 41st. this light was brighter
than any thing else that had occupied the sky at
this time which the ISS had just passed by us as
well but this light was still brighter and seemed
lower as well as 2closer than anything and there's
no way it was a helicopter nor was it a plane.
Upon arriving near my house I decided I wanted to
get a better look at the object so me and my wife
proceeded to head towards the memorial park on
41st and prince albert where we witnessed the
object hovering as well reposition itself to stay
with in our eyesight. No craft I know of would be
able to maneuver like this thing had been able too
as it moved in a lateral motion whilst maintain
height in a strafe like motion. As soon as we seen
the craft start to moved towards our direction
which it was moving at a good paced we started to
head back home but not before taking cover from
this things line of vision which then it had moved
higher to see over the trees and was once again in
our view. Thinking that the craft was noticing us
we took evasive action in order to break the line
of sight just to see if it had been fallowing us
or had been watching us . it stuck with us the
whole way not once breaking the line of sight
between us and them. It seemed to have either a
sting of lights in a triangular or some sort of
circular pattern surrounding the craft also there
was not a sound at all coming for the object. I'm
not sure what it had been but I can honestly say
it was no plane nor helicopter and sure as hell
was no drone. Someone must have gotten a look at
this light as well and so I'm hoping you have the
answer to what the hell this thing was or is.
9-Sep-2020, Victoria, BC:
Pretty sure
saw a UFO in Victoria bc it was flying so fast
changing colors sorry about the picture you can
barley see it's like blue tho
UFO*BC Responds:
Thanks for the report, but we will need
a bit more details to help clarify the report:
When did this happen?
Where in Victoria were you?
What direction were you facing?
What direction was the object/light moving?
What brought it to your initial attention?
What did the object do?
How long did the sighting last?
Thanks!
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
9-Sep-2020, Terrace, BC:
Strange big
orangeish tinted light in the sky Northeast
direction. I've been watching it for like 10-15
minutes now and it's moving in a slight hovering
motion remaining in the same area. Its currently
11:45 pm September 9 2020. My boyfriend suggested
that it may be a drone but it looks way too big
and bright.. and the color of it doesn't seem
drone-like to me.
UFO*BC Responds:
Thank-you for the report.
The first thing we like to check is if
it could be a natural phenomena. Last night
Capella was smack dab in the NE sky around the
11:45 mark, at the top left from the moon (see
image below). Given that the object was remaining
in the same area, I suspect you may have been
looking at Capella as it is the 6th brightest star
in our night sky. The orange look is almost
certainly due to the smoke from the forest fires
in the US (which is clouding up our skies here in
Vancouver).
Hope this helps clear up the mystery and
glad you can enjoy the lovely evening skies this
time of year!
Thanks
Richard
UFO*BC
10-Sep-2020,
Lake Cowichan, BC:
Dear UFO BC,
I’m hoping you
can explain what I saw twice yesterday. I visited
Cowichan Lake Tube Shack on September 10,
A few moments
later, the same thing happen to the right of the
first one, this time white.
If you hold your arms out up in the sky about a
foot apart, that would be the visible distance way
up in the sky, not sure how far that actually is.
All this occurred at the max physical unaided
viewable distance up in the sky.
Is this some
sort of cloud reflection of water vapour appearing
then disappearing on a hot day?
Thank you for
being there, I was not sure who to ask about this.
UFO*BC Responds:
I honestly haven’t heard of that – it
may have been some type of gliders, but I would
think you’d see a parachute or similar system if
it were dropping anything (as they could harm
whomever they fell on).
I know that Google has been sending high
altitude balloons over Vancouver in the last week
or so, so perhaps that is what you managed to see?
I’ll keep digging and let you know if we
come across any reasonable explanation to what you
saw!
Thanks for the report.
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
20-Sep-2020, Richmond, BC:
(8:28 pm)
September
20th, 2020 8:28pm - Richmond, BC
My family and
I were in our backyard having a wiener roast when
something drew my attention to the sky. It
was a very bright ball of light moving rapidly
across the sky. We were facing South and the
object was moving from the SW to the NE. The
object appeared to be a bright yellowish orange
ball of light and moved with purpose. The object
appeared to be within our atmosphere and was
moving extremely quickly at a steady pace towards
the NE. The object then took a hard right
and moved East, disappearing shortly after.
The Object
made no sound or projected any emissions.
UFO*BC Responds:
I suspect what you saw was the ISS or
International Space Station
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/view.cfm?country=Canada®ion=British_Columbia&city=Vancouver
It was visible at exactly that time here
in Vancouver (Sun Sep 20, 8:23 PM)
Thanks
Richard
UFO*BC
www.ufobc.ca
Witness Responds:
We actually saw that at approximately
the same time outside our atmosphere. The
object in question was at a much lower altitude
and changed it's direction quite abruptly.
The ISS, if I'm not mistaken, follows a consistent
path like a satellite.
UFO*BC Responds:
Ah – so you saw them at the same time.
Very interesting. Yes the ISS’s “flightpath” is
straight from horizon to horizon.
So in comparison to speed of ISS vs
object, how do they relate? How about luminosity?
You said “moved with purpose” I
mistakenly assumed you meant a straight line (as
in going towards a specific destination rather
than meandering about). Can you elaborate more on
what gave it purpose? It is an interesting choice
of words and I am very curious as to what you mean
by it.
It is always difficult to express one’s
sighting into words, especially as those words can
and often are taken in the wrong context, so I
appreciate your patience in be trying to get to
the bottom of it.
Thanks
Richard
Witness Responds:
The ISS appeared to move exactly like a
satellite with all the same attributes but
brighter.
The object the 5 of us viewed was much
larger, brighter, closer, and moved quite quickly.
When I said "moved with purpose" perhaps
an intelligence. It wasn't just a random light or
natural phenomenon in the sky going for a Sunday
drive. At times it seemed like it slowed down
almost like when you're looking for a place to
park in a crowed parking lot.
It then accelerated, took a hard right
East and disappeared.
23-Sep-2020, Vancouver, BC: (12:37 am)
South
Vancouver, near Main and Marine Dr. Looking almost
directly up, turned south from our top floor
balcony. In September 23, 2020.
Unfortunately
I wasn’t able to get either a photo or a video,
but at around 12:37am today I was looking at the
sky as it is the Autumn Equinox and I celebrate
it. While looking almost straight up there was a
bright orange light. At first I thought it was a
drone but it would have been high enough or even
higher for an airplane’s max altitude. It was
silent (from what I could tell) and the orange was
smooth and not really flashing. It definitely was
circular and large, almost the size of a full
moon. I was only able to see the exact bottom from
what it looks like and it seemed there was a
smaller circle inside the large one. It was moving
too fast for a drone or a light on a plane, and
for a second it seemed like another appeared
before both seemed to blink out of view or vanish.
It only lasted about a minute and before I thought
to take a photo it was gone.
6-Nov-2020, Nanaimo, BC: (9:20 pm)
Good morning,
I was looking on the internet and listening to the
morning news this morning to see if anyone else
had commented on or observed the two very bright
flashing lights that I observed around 60 degrees
North East, on the evening of November 6. They
appeared to stay static for about 5 minutes from
the point that we noticed them; plus however long
they were there before hand. I first noticed them
around 9:20 pm. Very difficult to judge the
distance from where I was, or how far apart they
were. I’m guessing when I say that I think they
might have been at least a mile apart and hovering
well within local aircraft altitude. I tried
contacting the Nanaimo Airport this morning to see
if anything had been reported, or perhaps to see
if the military had been conducting some type of
night exercise with two large helicopters, but I
couldn’t reach anyone. Given how windy it was last
night, it would be hard to imagine that two
helicopters could sustain their unwavering
locations for as long as I watched these objects,
and no sign of flashing red tail lights that you
would expect from a helicopter. They stayed in the
same place for at least 5 minutes. There were no
visible port or starboard lights, just a very
bright overall white light. The timing of the
flashes was consistent between the two objects.
When they eventually moved away, they moved one at
a time in a northerly direction and down toward
the horizon out of my line of sight.
I’d appreciate
knowing if anyone else reports in on anything that
seems to coincide with what I have described here.
17-Dec-2020, Vancouver, BC : (9:45 pm)
I live on
Commercial and 10th Avenue in Vancouver BC.
Tonight, on the evening of Dec 17th, 2020 from
9:45 pm to approximately 10:45 pm, I looked out my
window facing the alley and saw swirling misty
lights dancing through the sky. I've captured some
on video but you can barely make it out do to the
poor quality of my phone.
UFO*BC Responded
Hello, What you
captured on film are the old style spotlights.
Likely some type of Christmas decoration. These
types of lights have been present in Vancouver
for eons – annoying yes, but nothing new I’m
afraid.
Thanks and take care,
Richard
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