- Dear Jeff
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- The sighting by the witness mentioned here in the newspaper
article was only the first of many reports I have received over a short
period of time on this sighting. Also, what is very interesting about the
night in question, July 27, 2003 is that a large number of witnesses from
several communities in southeastern British Columbia watched something
rather incredible for a long time just after this sighting was reported.
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- After the newspaper article below, I placed another report
about the object itself, and a couple reports on a ray of light which went
from horizon to horizon and stayed stationary in the clear night sky for
a very long time. The witnesses I talked with said the ray/beam of light
looked as if it was rotating in the center and some claim to have seen
a black line sitting at one side of the rotating beam of light.
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- So far, I have talked to the witness in the newspaper
article and a large number of witnesses I have tracked down, or who have
contacted me to report what they witnessed that night. Whatever it was
folks saw, it has now become a major sighting which was seen from Kamloops
heading southeast through to communities like Vernon, Kimberly, Cranbrook,
Jaffray and I am sure all points in-between and past.
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- I would also like to make a request to people who live
in the area in southeastern British Columbia. It they saw something unusual
on the night of July 27, 2003, please contact me (<mailto:hbccufo@telus.net>hbccufo@telus.net)
so I could record their sighting...or any other sightings which took place
close to the date mentioned here in the article and reports. Folks can
also contact Mr. Peter Davenport at the NUFORC to report the same.
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- Thank you very much
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- Brian Vike, Director
- HBCC UFO Research
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- Here is the newspaper article...
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- Coming In The Air Tonight
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- By Carolyn Grant
- Townsman Bulletin Newspaper
- Kimberly, British Columbia
- Tuesday, July 29, 2003 (Page 3)
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- KIMBERLY -- Did anyone in the Wycliffe - St. Mary Lake
area see something strange in the sky late Saturday night, early Sunday
morning? Rhonda Brass of Cranbrook would like to know, because she saw
something she can only describe as an unidentified flying object.
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- Rhonda and her family were camping at St. Mary Lake over
the weekend. At about 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, she and her husband took a
walk on the road near the old cabin.
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- "The kids were sleeping and we wanted to take a
few minutes to admire the stars," Rhonda said. "We saw a bright,
white light coming from over top of Bootleg Mountain, about 4,000 to 5,000
feet. But then we realized that there was no noise and the light was really
bright and much bigger than the light on an airplane."
- Rhonda says the light travelled across the lake and seemed
to vary speed."
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- "It would go fast, then slow and it was zigzagging
a bit, almost like a wobble. I know it wasn't a satellite, it was far lower
down and it definitely wasn't a shooting star.
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- "All you could see was the light. It was like when
you see Venus at night, just as bright, only 10 times bigger."
- Rather than being unnerved by the sight, Rhonda said
that she used her big flashlight to try and signal whatever it was.
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- "It was really neat. It didn't scare me.I was quite
impressed. I would have loved to meet whoever it was. After it was out
of sight I said to my husband, 'I think we've just seem our first UFO'".
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- Rhonda called the Cranbrook airport to see if any planes
were in the area at that time. There were none. Cpl. Rod Caronneau of the
Kimberly RCMP said the Detachment received no calls. "Usually that
type of thing draws a lot of attention," he said.
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- Rhonda Brass would be very interested to know if anyone
else saw it. "Both my husband and I saw it. We weren't drinking. I
would really like to know what it was."
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- Report:
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- Kimberly, British Columbia
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- Date: July 27, 2003
- Time: approx: 1:30 p.m. (actual time ?).
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- I telephoned another witness tonight over the July 27,
2003 sighting in the Kimberly/St. Mary's Lake area. The witness reported
to me that she was in bed, and couldn't sleep due to the warm temperatures
outside. Her bedroom blinds were up and the window fully open and then
she gave out a cry, "holy cow". Their home is up on a large hill
which gives them a very good view of the surrounding area. The witness
suddenly noticed, what she thought was a bright star or maybe an airplane
coming in with it's landing lights on because it was moving at this point.
The lady mentioned that it was extremely large in size and flying very
low. Actually the witness just laid their waiting to see a green and red
light, thinking it was certainly an aircraft coming down the St. Mary's
Valley heading in to land at the near-by airport. She told me that the
airplanes take the route down the St. Mary's Valley when heading to Vancouver
and back to Kimberly B.C.
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- The lady still laying there and watching the bright white
light moving faster as it grew closer. All of a sudden it started maneuvering
in a zig zag pattern. At this point in the sighting, where she could not
see it anymore she jumped out of bed and headed toward her bedroom door,
opened it and ran through her cottage styled home until she reached her
front door of her home. The time she unlocked her front door and stepped
outside the light was gone. I mentioned to this witness after taking her
report about the 8 witnesses who saw a ray of light over the Jaffray, B.C.
area which I reported on. She told me the light/object was traveling southeast
from Kimberly, B.C. and would have flown straight over Jaffray, B.C. (HBCC
UFO Note: What makes this interesting is that we are finding more witnesses
to the sighting which was originally reported to Mr. Peter Davenport at
the NUFORC. Plus other people who witnessed the ray of light and the object
itself. From what I am gathering is that the light/object may have caused
the ray of light. But of course this is a guess on my behalf. I was also
contacted by a very kind person today who read my report and told me of
another witness who had made a posting at a UFO forum board and explained
to everyone about this ray of light, same location, different witness.
This lady also took pictures of the light ray and I am now trying to track
her down so I can give her a phone call to gather more information on this
whole event.
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- Thank you to this witness for her report.
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- Brian Vike, Director
- HBCC UFO Research
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- Report:
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- Jaffray, British Columbia
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- Date: July 27, 2003
- Time: approx: 2:00 a.m.
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- I contacted a person who resides in Jaffray, British
Columbia tonight as I heard they were witness to something pretty darn
strange. Not only did she see what I am about to tell you, but so did 7
other witnesses. Bringing the total number of folks who observed this to
8.
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- Why I have found this to be an interesting sighting is
due to Mr. Peter Davenport from the NUFORC receiving a report from a witness
which took place on July 27, 2003 at St. Mary's Lake, 12 miles east of
Kimberly, British Columbia. Due to Mr. Davenport receiving the St. Mary's
Lake sighting, and myself helping in following up on this case, more witnesses
names have come to light. Tomorrow I will be talking with another witness
who was in another location who saw the same object pass over head. The
one reported to the NUFORC.
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- The Jaffray, British Columbia Sighting below: Does these
two reports hand something to do with one another.
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- As I mentioned above in my opening statement I talked
with one of the witnesses who observed something strange on July 27, 2003
with seven others.
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- So at 2:00 a.m. one of the guests who were at the ladies
home I chatted with tonight went outside and looked up into the night
sky and saw a strange ray of white light which went right across the clear
night's sky from the northwest heading southeast running in a straight
line. The guest called everyone out to have a look due to it being very
strange. Some of the thoughts people had who were observing this mentioned
they first thought it may have been the northern lights. But all soon ruled
out it being the aurora. The witness said the ray of light was so brilliant
that many of the witnesses could see it rotating within it's self. Also
it was noted due to the brightness of this light that they could see a
black line running the whole length of the white light. The black line
stayed in the same spot as the rest of the light rotated as mentioned above.
She also said it looked like a jet stream to give a good example of what
it looked like. Also the total length of the ray of light was all the same
brightness. There was no portion of it brighter or dimmer. It remained
constant right across the sky. (HBCC UFO Note: I did bring up the question,
did anyone see any aurora at any other time that night? I was told no,
none was observed).
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- The witness said the ray of light stayed in the same
position for an hour before it started fading away. I also asked if any
of them saw any other strange lights in the sky that night, and she told
me no. They only observed the ray of light running across the sky. She
also told me that the light was rather wide, meaning it wasn't just a small
point of light. No sounds were heard at all. Jaffray, B.C. is directly
southeast from the original sighting at St. Mary's Lake.
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- Brian Vike, Director
- HBCC UFO Research
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- Report:
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- Dear Brian Vike
- I live in Vernon BC. I live in an apartment facing west
to the airport in Vernon, Davis Farm is on my right and the army camp is
on my left. I was reading the statements about the strange light over Kimberly.
ON that night I was on my balcony watching the one ray of Northern light
touch on the hill behind Davis Farm. It did not behave like a northern
light. It did not ossicilate, nor dance or drape like a curtain. It seemed
to just slightly waver on the top of the hill and remained in one form.
The direction it came was from behind and the left which is southeast.
Again not a northern light. It remained the same intensity of light which
reminds me of concentrated moon light. It broke and one piece remained
straight and the long line started to curl up and back around like a three
quarter figure eight. I am a born skywatcher and I am glad now to have
a place to record these unexplainable events. There is alot of activity
around Vernon.
- Sincerely
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- Report:
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- This below report came off a Scottish UFO forum board,
and was kindly sent to me due to me investigating this case.
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- 2 days ago (July 27th 03) I was sleeping out on my deck
because of the hot weather. I got up at about 12:30am to go to the bathroom
and when I came back out there was a huge beam of light up in the sky.
I must have not noticed it when i went in. I thought the light might be
a very huge jetstream but it had no flaws. It was completely straight and
it had no little indents in it, so i knew it had to be a beam of light.
I could see the stars in it so it was transparent. It was a long beam of
light and it was a very strong light and it was a bit thicker that a search
lights beam. To see the whole length of it I had to move my head from the
front all the way to the back. Now, this light came directly from the suns
setting spot and sort of faded out at the sun rising spot. I took a few
pictures with my camera but I don't think they will work because it was
too dark and I had no flash or anything. I finally went to sleep and woke
up a few hours later and it was still there but it had faded quite a bit.
I kept waking up at different times and finally there was just a bit of
light left at the suns setting spot. Last night I woke up at 2 am to see
if I could see it again but it wasn't there. If anyone has any information
about this or knows what it could have been could you please tell me! Its
killing me not knowing.
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- The attached scanned image (rough drawing) is of what
the object looked like. This was sent to me from the witness in the newspaper
article.
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- Also I have other reports to put together here from other
witnesses who watched both unusual sights in the sky that night.
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- I also faxed the newspaper over this sightings in the
area, and they called back to find out more on what took place that night.
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