- At 0847 hrs. (Pacific) on Sunday, August 12, 2001, the
National UFO Reporting Center received the first of what would become several
reports of a formation of maneuvering lights, which reportedly were witnessed
by a group of six people attending a wedding reception in downtown Victoria,
British Columbia, at approximately 0015 hrs. on the same date.
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- The first witness, a college-educated male, reported
that the group had witnessed a rather dramatic meteor a few minutes earlier,
which had caused their attention to be drawn to the night sky. They were
hoping to witness another. Some minutes later, the attention of the group
of was captured by a cluster of 6-7 lights in the southern sky, each of
which appeared to be approximately twice the size and brightness of a bright
star, and all of which were moving across the sky in a "nose-to-tale"
formation. Shortly after the lights had first been spotted, the formation
suddenly executed a "clockwise" turn, and formed a large, stationary
circle of lights in the sky. The formation was described variably by the
witnesses as either "hexagonal" or "square," and it
remained motionless for at least several seconds.
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- The lights then appeared to flare up individually, after
which each of them sequentially appeared to ascend and disappear from sight
of the witnesses.
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- At least one of the witnesses said he believed that the
objects were not self-luminous, but rather reflected bright lights from
the ground. The other witnesses with whom we have spoken have stated that
they thought the objects were self-luminous.
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- One of the witnesses was a professional wedding videographer,
who began video taping the lights immediately after they had formed a circle
and stopped in the sky. In a telephone conversation, he reported that the
objects are not visible on the tape. He surmises that they simply were
not bright enough to be detected by the camcorder he was using, which was
not compatible with low-light conditions.
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- The incident is now under investigation by members of
the UFO*BC group, based in Vancouver, B.C..
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- We would welcome reports from anyone else who may have
been witness to the incident. The witnesses to this incident probably will
be guests during the Jeff Rense radio program on Tuesday evening, August
14, 2001. Please see <www.Rense.com for program and broadcast details.
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- Individual reports can be seen here: ((three links to
reports))
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- Prepared by Peter B. Davenport
- Director at 1815 hrs. (PDT)
- Sunday, August 12, 2001
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- BEGIN REPORT #1
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- 050 Investigator Request: Yes
- 055 Called Hotline: Yes
- 100 Date: 09/12/01
- 110 Time: 00.15-30
- 120 Duration: 4 Minutes
- 130 Sighting City: Victoria
- 140 Sighting State: bc
- 150 Sighting Zip: V8Z 1Y6
- 165 Sighting Country: Canada
- 168 Number of Craft: 6-7
- 170 Witnesses: 6-7
- 172 Shape: Oval
- 180 Description: 6-7 oval shaped objects witnessed traveling
over
- Victoria British Columbia evening sky.
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- 190 Description: 6-7 oval shaped objects witnessed traveling
over Victoria British Columbia evening sky.
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- I was attending a wedding reception last night at the
Princess Mary restaurant in Victoria, British Columbia. At the restaurant
on the top floor was an outdoor patio where guests of the wedding would
go to smoke and socialize.
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- The group (5 in number) which had gathered on the patio
were talking about how beautiful the moon looked coming over the western
horizon and we talked about the number of shooting stars which had shown
themselves throughout the evening sky. Just as we finished discussing the
shooting star, which I had just witnessed, one of the people in the group
yelled,
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- "What is that" and pointed above us looking
east in the night sky. It was a group of about 6-7 oval shaped objects
traveling in a straight-line formation. They didn't seem to be lit up by
their own luminescence but since they were traveling over Victoria near
the city center it looked as though the city lights lighted them up.
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- The objects appeared to be a grayish in color. It was
also hard to tell exactly what altitude the objects were traveling. We
couldn't discern any noise coming from the objects throughout the entire
sighting.
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- They proceeded to move in a westerly direction until
they began to form up into a new formation in an square/rectangular shape
and began to ascend into the sky almost directly above the city center.
At this point the videographer who had been hired for the wedding was called
out on to the patio and we all pointed to the objects in the sky and told
him to start taping the event. A few other people who came out on the patio
also witnessed the formation and their ascension.
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- The objects continued a slow climb in the square shape
formation. As they got smaller we could see their lights flicker and at
this point it was hard to make them out. However, we did see some of the
objects seemingly streak off into space, but I do clarify at this point
they had
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- become faint star -like lights. All of us who witnessed
the event just stood there in disbelief but we all had to agree we just
saw something unexplainable and it clearly was a UFO sighting.
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- The sighting happened on August 12, 2001 at approximately
12:15 AM to 12:30 AM. The duration seemed to be around 3-4 minutes and
the weather was clear.
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- My background is I'm an amateur historian and currently
work in the IT
- industry.
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- The other witnesses:
- One is a chef
- One is a student of Computer Programming
- The Videographer, I don't recall his background
- The person who first spotted the object has an insurance
background
- The other witness who saw the whole event I do not know
personally
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- A few others who came out later during the sighting Come
from various backgrounds.
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- (NUFORC Note: We spoke at length over the telephone with
this witness, and we found him to be an exceptionally credible witness.
We believe that the witnesses were looking into the southern sky, and the
Moon was rising in the east, where it usually is seen when rising. Please
see other reports for the same date. PD)
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- FOLLOW-UP MESSAGE FROM WITNESS
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- Peter,
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- I'm wondering if I can update my witness account I sent
you earlier today. I seemed to have noticed I had my directions in reverse.
The objects we saw were a little to the west of us moving on an easterly
heading and the moon was rising in the east. I noticed on your website
you posted the report and you correctly pointed out my error. In my haste
to get the my account written and with not getting much sleep last night,
I made the error. Could we change it to reflect the proper headings?
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- Thank you...
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- Warm Regards,
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- (name deleted)
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- ((NUFORC Note: Our gratitude to the witness for the follow-up
comment. The witness first contacted our Center at approximately 0845 hrs.
(PDT), despite the fact that he had been out until the wee hours of Sunday
morning, celebrating at a wedding reception, apparently under somewhat
adverse conditions. We admire the witness's apparent tenacity, and we are
impressed that he was able to submit a report at all at that hour! Minor
technical oversight regarding the location of the Moon in the morning sky
corrected here. PD))
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- END REPORT #1
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- BEGIN REPORT #2
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- 050 Investigator Request: Yes
- 055 Called Hotline: Yes
- 100 Date: 08/12/01
- 110 Time: 12:00AM
- 120 Duration: 10 MINUTES
- 130 Sighting City: VICTORIA
- 140 Sighting State: bc
- 150 Sighting Zip: V8N4V5
- 165 Sighting Country: Canada
- 168 Number of Craft: 6-8
- 170 Witnesses: 10-12
- 172 Shape: Formation
- 180 Description: Group of Many Ufos taking formations
over nighttime
- sky.
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- 190 Description: While going outside for a smoke at a
wedding reception, I noticed a bunch of people pointing at the sky. We
were having a meteor shower so I thought, 'that's what they were looking
at.' They told me to "look at the formation" So, I did. To my
shock, there was about 6 or so stars in a hexigonal patern but the stars
were moving like they were doing a show.They were in a semi circle and
the circle sort of broke a bit and they one by one started to move farther
away and sped off at a high rate of speed. This was in front of at least
5 others with me. Wow. It was wild.
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- END REPORT #2
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