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Note: Mr.
Stiegler has taken a photograph of the
Trail
Islands and drawn in the UFO that he
sighted. |
I already reported in the Grüssbrücke in
a previous article about the place where we have
chosen to live: The Sunshine Coast. Our town
Sechelt is situated on the strait which separates
the Pacific Ocean and the mainland and which is a
mile wide. Three kilometres west is our
property with a view of the ocean to the south and
of three small inhabited islands in the
foreground.
On October 22, 1999 friends let us know
about the beautiful Northern Lights. It was
a full moon, the weather was wonderful and
absolutely still, no wind, the ocean was like
glass. As we stepped into the open field, we
caught sight of a luminous object hovering over
the eastern-most of the three Trail Islands.
It was 12:55 a.m. and the Unidentified Flying
Object (abbreviated to UFO) stood at a height of
twenty metres above the wooded island. It
was oval, a huge thing, approximately 25 metres in
diameter and a pale yellow light flooded out of
approximately thirty windows.
Then we saw with our own eyes, something
that has often been reported, but that one only
believes with doubtful skepticism. After
four to five minutes this object abruptly raced
without the slightest sound with an incredible
speed into the air and disappeared in an eastward
direction. A resident of the island named
Willi reported that he had previously seen an
object over the same spot at the same
height. This known location is treeless and
there emerges here an ore-containing rock.
Willi uses a metal detector which he had already
left outside of the house and he found it covered
with this mineral.
It was also surprising to learn that an
address was listed in the telephone book under UFO
BC (604) 878-6511. On October 23 a Mr.
Graham Conway, director of the Planetarium and of
UFO BC, answered at this number with the address
of 11151 Kendale Way, Vancouver-Delta V4C
3P7. Mr. Conway reported that he received an
unusual number of calls and reports about UFO
sightings from all over the entire province of
British Columbia. Had we not seen it with
our own eyes and received confirmation from our
neighbours Bjorn and Ruth Meyer, I would have
passed off these reports as nonsense. It may
yet be determined whether this appearance has to
do with either an extraterrestrial object or
possibly a neighbor from the States.
Because we know that a rocketship flight
to Mars takes several months and that no
atmosphere exists in our solar system, thus making
life on other planets impossible, these objects
must have travelled from another solar system,
which would take several light years at the speed
of light - 300,000 km. per second.
If someone would like to comment on the
above-mentioned sightings and experiences, it
would be interesting to hear.
Recently the classic film “Sail 2000!”
reached us. It was sent to my address from
the publishing house. Unfortunately, there
was no personal note or greeting in this shipment
consequently we don’t know whom to thank for this
nice gesture to us. If the kind person who
sent it should happen to read this article, he
will understand why the thanks for this wonderful
gift are sent through the “Grüssbrücke” rather
than personally.
With best wishes to all friends and
relatives this Christmas and for the New Year.
Detlev Stiegler
Sechelt, B.C.
Canada V0N 3A0
R.R. #2, Wakefield C-51
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