Introduction
William Nunn
is an elderly gentleman who lives in a downtown Vancouver apartment on the 13th floor at
1030 Burnaby Street with a view to southwest over English Bay. The report below is one
that he submitted to us on-line on December 20, 2005.
Figure1. Mr. Nunn's at location of his UFO
sighting.
At times Mr.
Nunn has difficulty sleeping so he gets out of bed and sits in a comfortable chair between
his bed and a window where he has a magnificent view. It was on such an occasion that he
had the UFO sighting. We commend Mr. Nunn for being willing to go public with his
sighting.
William Nunn’s Report
The night sky was bright and clear with a full moon. My
sighting occurred at approximately 3:30 am but until I find the small cartoon that I drew
at the time I will be unable to describe with any accuracy the date, beyond saying that it
was some time in the beginning of the year 2004.
I WITNESSED A Dark Triangle, with 3 soft RED lights at each of its points, which, (for
whatever reason) would suddenly pulse brightly. It came up from behind the top of the
apartment building across the alley and traveled over the course of the sighting left to
right. This TRIANGLE was moving through the sky point up. This maybe what first attracted
my attention.
Figure2. Mr. Nunn's drawing of event and path of
UFO.
There was no noise as I watched this Dark Triangle move
slowly from the EAST to the WEST. If I had to describe its movements, I would say it was
meandered, slowly with no seeming purpose.
At first, I thought it was a strangely shaped balloon, but this would not make sense
because I live in an emergency traffic grid, helicopters continually cross my 13th floor
vista to and from St. Paul’s Hospital (2 blocks from my home) and The Vancouver
General Hospital. The latter is located in the center of the Broadway/Cambie area (as a
crow flies, approximately 1 mile from my apartment.) It was meandering in a weaving,
untroubled fashion, sometimes doubling slowly back on it’s own track. (I assume here,
that is why at first I thought it might be a balloon.) I should also mention that at the
time of the first pulsing brightening of the RED LIGHTS, I witnessed 2 bright streaks of
light flash across the night sky. One from above my building, traveling from N to S. The
other traveling from the N/E to the S/W. These streaks (star sized) moved at speeds beyond
any imagining, had I blinked, I would have missed seeing them.
I then picked up my phone and called the Vancouver City Police. At the request of
“FIRE, POLICE or AMBULANCE?” I responded with “My name is William Nunn,
I’m watching…By the way, I don’t do drugs, I’m not drunk and I’m
not imagining it…BUT, I’m watching a dark Triangle, with 3 red lights at each
point…My Gawd, There they go again, they’re pulsing….”
“RCMP, GIBSON?”
“I was talking to the Vancouver Police, I want to…!”“How can I help
you, Mr. Nunn?”
“Look, I’m not imagining this, but I’m watching “A FLYING
TRIANGLE.” I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, Hell, I don’t do anything
anymore…” This attempt at trying to be funny, was met with all business.”
“A flying triangle, Mr. Nunn?”
“Yes, I’m watching it now…there go the lights again, they’re
flashing.”
“Hold on Sir.”
I was now looking around for those streaks of light, I was seeing nothing.
“Mr. Nunn?”
“Yes?” The black shape of “THE FLYING TRIANGLE” now crossing the
almost full moon, proved to me that I was seeing what I was complaining about. “A
dark triangle with flashing red lights, “SOLIDLY” crossing the moons bright
circle.”
“I have had a few other complaints.” Which I quickly, in my mind, changed to
“I went and looked.” Because now I was told that she would “contact the
Airport and see whether they had anything on radar.” I didn’t hear a
“yea” or “nay” about this request to the Vancouver Airport’s
Radar Station. My only contact after that was UFO BC.
I now sat in the chair watching as this FLYING TRIANGLE moved towards a dark cloud, moving
into it; the lights pulsed faintly through the darkness of the cloud. As I remember, this
was the only cloud I saw. It lay in the 5-o-clock position of the moon. I thought nothing
about it, until a friend told me that this was what the “UFO’s do. I fell asleep
in the chair after the triangle moved into cloud – I am a diabetic and will fall
asleep quickly.
“Unidentified Flying Objects” are usually described as a circle, flashing
brightly against a dark night sky. My sighting was of a FLYING TRIANGLE, plainly visible
in the bright night sky, fully outlined against an almost full moon.
Whatever I saw, must have been immense…Hold your hands up and form a triangle,
picture 3 red lights that flashed periodically now place your hands out, at arms length
against the sky. That would be the approximate size I saw. It had to be “HUGE!”
from that distance. I again state that I was:
“AWAKE!”
“NOT DRUNK!”
”NOT DRINKING!”
“NOR ON MEDICATION!”
“DO NOT DO DRUGS!”
“DOES NOT HAVE AN IMAGINATION, WHICH COULD SEE WHAT ISN’T THERE!”
“AND WILL, GIVEN THE CHANCE: TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST TO PROVE THAT WHAT I SAY, IS
TRUE AND ACCURATE.
YOU MAY USE MY NAME IN THIS REPORT.
I am unsure what the 2 streaks of light were, but felt they were connected, somehow. The
sighting lasted approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
I now am a believer. “Yes Martha, They do exist!”
Whether they are government or from outer space. I declare that I saw a FLYING TRIANGLE,
so help me GOD.
Signed:
William George Nunn, ESQ
To any who I may have offended, pooh-poohing their reports of sightings, I apologize. To
any that might read this report, I apologize for my levity. “It happened!”
Investigation:
(Determining the approximate date of the sighting)
We interviewed Mr. Nunn on location on Feb 5, 2006 about 7 weeks after his initial report
to us. During our interview Mr. Nunn recounted the above events in perfectly matching
detail with the same enthusiasm as depicted in his e-mail (Figure 1). There were no
deviations from the account. He also had a drawing for us already prepared (Figure 2). We
also obtained a photograph (Figure 3) of the same scene, which allowed for landmark
identification (the four apartment buildings). The direction of the most right apartment
building became of particular interest in the investigation since the moon was directly
above it during the sighting. It was thought possible that the approximate date could be
determined based on the astronomical position of the moon as well as local weather records
(was it cloudy or clear?). Using maps and aerial photographs it was established that the
right most apartment building has an Azimuth of 262 degrees from true north. For reference
the left most and the centre two apartment buildings have Azimuths of 195, 230, 240
degrees from true north respectively.
Figure3. View outside of Mr. Nunn's apartment.
The only time references that Mr. Nunn was able to provide was “early in 2004”
and “3:30 am”. Table 1 examines several possible dates and times in early 2004.
Each set of three dates in each month are the day before, the day of, and the day after
the full moon as it can be difficult to discern if the moon is exactly full on a certain
date in this three-day period.
Table 1.
Date/Time in 2004
|
Azimuth
(degrees) |
Angle above Horizon
(degrees) |
Weather at Vancouver Airport
(Environment Canada)
|
Jan 7, 3:30 am |
258 |
45 |
Rain/Fog |
Jan 8, 3:30 am (full moon) |
244 |
52 |
Rain |
Jan 9, 3:30 am |
255 |
56 |
Rain |
Feb 5, 3:30 am |
260 |
39 |
Mainly Clear |
Feb 5, 3:50 am |
264 |
36 |
Mainly Clear |
Feb 6, 3:30 am (full moon) |
245 |
44 |
Cloudy |
| Feb 7, 3:30 am |
228 |
47 |
Mostly Cloudy |
Mar 5, 3:30 am |
260 |
30 |
Rain |
Mar 6, 3:30 am (full moon) |
246 |
33 |
Mostly Cloudy |
Mar 7, 3:30 am |
231 |
35 |
Rain/Fog |
Apr 4, 3:30 am |
247 |
20 |
Clear/Mainly Clear |
Apr 5, 3:30 am (full moon) |
233 |
21 |
Mostly Cloudy |
Apr 6, 3:30 am |
218 |
21 |
Clear |
It is apparent from the examination of Table 1 that February 5, 2004 is the
most likely if not the only date for the sighting in terms of satisfying the position of
the full (or nearly full) moon, clear sky and the time of night and year.
This investigation confirms that what ever Mr. Nunn was observing it was consistent with
the position of the moon and the weather for that time of year making it unlikely that the
object was the product of his imagination or an illusion. The consistency of him retelling
the story more than 7 weeks after his written deposition also supports a truthful
experience.
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