UFO
SIGHTING REPORTS FROM 2017
UPDATED - Feb 1,
2018
1-Jan-2017,
Bowser, Vancouver Island, BC: (just after midnight)
I am in bowser bc on vancouver island, we live on the
beach with no street lights etc. very dark skies. It was 3
minutes after new years eve 2017, I stepped outside for a
cigarette and noticed a large bright red light, thinking
it was a lingering firework I watched expecting it to fade
away! It didn't, it just hovered in one spot, shifting
back and forth and up and down just slightly, then another
came down on an angle towards it and the other started
heading south down island quickly the second was bigger
and brighter and they both had a half circle shape to them
with red light emanating from the underneath, the second
one stayed in one spot for about 4 minutes shifting
slightly in all directions, then shot off really fast in
the same direction as the first! It was amazing to see! I
had no photo space left on my camera so no pictures or
video but I will never forget scared me a little though
but i know they were ufos no doubt in my mind! They were
quite large as well!
1-Jan-2017,
Victoria, BC:
My step-dad and I were on our front porch. This was at
about 12:20am on January 1st or on New Year's Eve. Our
house faces in a south/southeasterly direction, with
Tillicum Elementary School directly across the street. As
we looked into the sky my step-dad, Ken , saw the orb
first. He quickly pointed out to me what he was seeing ,
the one orange orb. I pointed out the second orange orb ,
which was higher in the sky and closer to us. Only because
Ken was still partially inside the front door was the
reason he did not see the other orb. He leaned out and
easily spotted the other one. These orbs were about the
same size as a full moon. They were in close proximity to
each other at first. They seemed about 250 yards apart and
then the closer of the two started moving Northeast
towards us. It was not at a fast pace but from the
distance it started from I would guess about 100 - 150
km/h. The other orb moved away from us in an easterly
direction , or towards Mt Tolmie. Since our focus was on
the closer of the two I could not guesstimate the speed it
was moving. In reflection I would guess they were probably
moving at around the same speed. We were trying to figure
out whether we were looking at flares , a chinese lantern
or something else. Both of us knew they were not
helicopters , planes or remote controlled flying objects
because there was no noise , the height of the objects ,
the speed they were moving and the fact there were no
other lights. The brightness of the light was stronger
than anything else we have seen in the sky. The size of
the orbs light was also kind of surprising because we
could not make out the shape of the vehicle it was
attached to. The closest orb continued towards us for
about 10 -15 seconds and then the light simple
disappeared. Our focus then went to the second orb which
was still continuing in the same direction it started out
on. Since it too had travelled for 10 - 15 seconds , it
was only now starting to diminish in size. I was pretty
sure each light had been about 1000 - 1500 feet high and
around the same distance away from us , if not then maybe
a little further away. The second light started to
disappear and then reappear for two or three seconds each
time , until on the third time it did not come back. We
are wondering if anyone else had seen these two strange
orange orbs on the same night ? Even though there may have
been a few clouds in the sky , you were still able to see
the stars through the clouds and these orbs were at least
two or three times brighter than any stars. I do recall
hearing a low oscillating sound that reminded me of an
electrical current. I was not able to identify the sound
but do recall it stopping when the orb coming towards us
disappeared. Thank You for reading about our experience.
Additional: (after email exchange with UFO*BC, omitted
for sake of report)
I understand why you may think that what we saw may
of been lanterns but they were moving in different
directions and the height we saw them at first was higher
than any lantern I have ever seen. Also the one moving
towards us did grow bigger. Not by a lot but the size was
a lot larger than any man made lantern I have heard of. I
also must concede the point you make concerning speed of
an object against a black back drop. I can only wish I
would of been on the ball enough to get a video of the
event. Since that did not happen I can understand your
skepticism and appreciate the conclusion of a rational
answer but this was not an event that is easily
explainable. We have gone over possible explanations at
the time and have also tried to rationalize the event
afterwards but are unable to put a rational explanation to
what we witnessed. Once again I am apologizing for not
having any evidence for you to view , which makes this
next to impossible for you to see through our eyes. We are
only sharing this with you in the hopes that it will
coaberate someone else's sighting and hopefully a video to
go along with what we saw.
5-Jan-2017,
Chilliwack, BC:
Hello,
I
am here to report a UFO sighting in Chilliwack BC this
evening, Jan 5, 2017 approximately 7:35pm PST. It was a
single orb, the colour of a glowing fire, so not quite red
nor quite orange. My daughter (25) and I were outside on
her deck having a cigarette when I noticed it up in the
sky and asked her “what the hell is that?” We watched this
orb from the downtown area of town (where it had just
appeared in my sight) go in the direction of east south to
east and up a bit then zigzagged west and lowered a bit
and still going south. As it did this, it started to fade
out/in/out until we no longer could see it. It was going
fairly slow, almost stopped and bright. To slow to be a
plane nor did it flash or change colour.
I
must add that there was no sound, like you would here from
a plane and I must also point out that there is a slight
fog/ haze to the evening sky and a ring around the moon
and no stars can be seen.
I’d like to know if anyone else saw it.
Additional:
(after email exchange with UFO*BC, omitted for sake of
report)
I'd
say it "could have" resembled a Chinese wish lantern but
at the same time I am not convinced it was. The size of
the orb and the distance from us doesn't add up to one,
although I do know they come in different sizes. It also
did not flicker like one does. The change in direction,
the way it just appeared and the zigzagging then the
disappearing after a brief fade has me thinking it wasn't.
Ty for replying though :-)
29-Jan-2017,
Chilliwack, BC:
I was on the edge of a large open field in a park outside
of an arena in Chilliwack BC. I was throwing a ball in the
dark for my dog and looking up at a very large and
bright-appearing Venus in the SWW sky. It looked massive.
After
standing in the same spot for several minutes, I noticed
three very odd shapes moving left to right along the trail
at the opposite side of the large field I was facing,
emitting many faint lights and possibly also partially
reflecting some light irregularly and intermittently. My
mind immediately put these three moving
transparent-seeming light-emitting, plastic like shapes as
two people on bikes, both wearing odd LED wired jackets or
suits, and with the front rider having a matching similar
light box or kite box forty feet above him as though on
stilts . The three light shapes moved left to right in
unison at about the speed of steady riding. The shapes had
no clear shape or edge but were a group of faint and
organic light zones. The lights inside were moving about,
never static, and never in any apparent order. The overall
shapes seemed to go from rectangle-ish to long vertical
ovals like 2-dimensional amoebas with soupy organic light
emitting liquid inside.
They
started out moving left to right in unison on the ground
along the trail, with two on the ground and the third
about 40 feet above the front one, oddly. I wondered what
the heck kind of contraption these people had made with
their bikes and why. There was a hill behind them which is
how I knew they were close. It was about 70 yards to the
trail at the other side of the field which ran along the
bottom of the hill.
About
five seconds after these dramatic-looking light bodies
appeared the front one appeared to turn up a hill,
speeding up, continuing left to right but 45 degrees up
the hill. I imagined a bike riding up a trail fast but
could not see any detail of the hill because it was a dark
night. The oddly bright light kite connected somehow forty
feet above it also went up the hill. The second orb or
light emitting thing on the ground seemed to slow down in
relation to the front one, but it then suddenly followed
and they regained unison. The back yards of houses line
the top of the hill, and the light things seemed to slow
down at the first house reached at the top of the hill.
After this brief slow down, the light things all rise up
above the house, still moving slightly to the right, and
first ground level light thing rose to the tops of the
very tall trees that seemed to line the top of the hill.
It was at this point that I knew these were not oddly
lit-up bikes and organic-looking LED light boxes. I
couldn't make sense of this at all. They were now all tall
vertical ovals with no clear borders but instead shapes
made out by organic soupy-like starlight inside. Colours
may have been blue, white, and some yellow. They were
muted, mostly white and blue. These objects were very
pronounced and noticeable in the dark night but each
seemed transparent with dark space mixed with the lights.
Each light was not bright alone, but there were many
slight moving intermittent lights. Together the effect was
striking. My eyes stayed with the highest one as they all
sped up in unison in and above the trees. Once they
reached the end of the field (heading north), they turned
NEE as though following the shape of the field and sped
up, seeming to float over the roofs of a new line of
houses. At this point when they sped up, my dog barked.
I'm not actually certain that she was barking at them or
at my focus on and my reaction to them. It seemed at the
time like she was barking at them. They disappeared over
the houses.
About
3 minutes later, a plane came over flying in a straight
line west to east, and a moment later a somewhat faint
shooting star flew north to south near Venus. During this
time, bright house spotlights turned on in the yard where
they had first reached the top of the hill, slowing down
briefly. I suspected people in that noise had also seen
this and came out to investigate. These were probably
motion sensor lights that were triggered by the people
after but apparently not by the orb things. There was no
unusual sound although it was cold and I had my jacket
hood on. There were no smells. No unusual feelings,
energy, sensation etc. I do not believe in aliens etc. but
I can't explain what these objects or phenomena were. They
were not subtle at all. I was clear headed, not tired etc.
The whole thing lasted about a minute from suddenly
appearing and finally zipping away as though floating in
the wind.
19-Feb-2017,
Vancouver, BC: (3:07 am)
There is a bright light hovering over the south eastern
sky in Vancouver bc canada it's not a plane it's not a
helicopter and it's no drone it's just hovering there it's
been there for more than a couple hours it's not the moon
or a star it can't be a planet it's too bright it's
hovering over Queen Elizabeth Park it's something else my
mom has seen it before it stayed then disappeared it's
306am I noticed it at 1130pm February 18 2017 now it
Sunday the 19th of February 2017 307am
7-Mar-2017,
Vancouver, BC: (11:27 pm)
My
husband and I saw a bright, red light in the night sky
slightly northeast of our home. The light did not blink
and it was perfectly still. It was just slightly larger
and slightly more brilliant than the brightest star in the
sky. It was spotted through our bathroom window and from
that perspective, it did not appear to be very high above
the horizon. The sighting happened at about 11:27 p.m. It
was observed for approximately 10-11 minutes, then it
slowly moved downward, in a controlled descent toward the
ground, until it disappeared behind the trees and I
couldn't see it any longer. When it fell I could tell that
it must have been relatively close to our house as we sit
on a bit of a plateau with the ground falling away behind
our house. I could see it continue to fall behind the
trees at the back of our lot, indicating to me that it was
between us and the next ridge over. Could it have been a
drone? Can they stay perfectly still like that? It really
was perfectly still - I had my head anchored against the
windowsill, and I picked an visual anchor spot against a
tree in the foreground to ensure I could say with
confidence that it did not move for the time I was in that
position. I should mention that the area it was spotted is
one of the flight routes for one of two airports near our
home (Vancouver and Victoria International Airports). I
often enjoy watching the plans fly by. No planes flew past
while the light was in the sky. The sighting started at
approximately 11:27 and ended at 11:38 p.m. Thanks for any
insight you might have.
20-Mar-2017,
Cranbrook, BC: (9:30 pm MST)
Hey,
I'm a first time reporter, long time sky watcher. I've
been out on my deck since 9:30mst watching an orb West of
Cranbrook BC. I noticed it because there isn't a star in
the sky tonight and I can tell it is below the cloud line.
the more I watched it the more astounded I was. It seemed
to fly one way at high speeds and disappear only to show
up in a different part of the cloud headed a different
direction. I would say there is plenty, but after watching
for an hour I can say I only ever saw one at a time. I
watch orbs in clear skys every other day here, but this
was bold, under the clouds and lively so I felt the need
to report it.
I
would also like to mention that on your website you had
somebody report a flare like craft over Vancouver Island
on new years eve. over ten of us in Cranbrook were arguing
over whether a craft that fits the identical description
was real or not but we are on the opposite side of BC. It
just appeared in the south west sky, I had friends arguing
that is was a roman candle but it stayed in the sky for
close to 20 minutes without moving and then went north and
disappeared.
30-Mar-2017,
Sechelt Inlet, BC: (9:00 pm)
Yes
last night March 30, 2017 was standing out on my deck
around 9:00 pm. I live on the Sechelt Inlet B.C. facing
north. To my right looking north east I saw a quickly
falling white light and then it appeared to be a burst of
white light considerable in nature. I then saw what I
thought was an airplane however it’s movements did not
seem to indicate what it was. It moved across the sky over
the mountain with a white light going off and on as it
went from North east to North and back North east where I
could no longer see it. I have seen the ISS and I thought
it might have been that however it would not have gone one
way and then back another!
26-Apr-2017,
Kelowna, BC: (4:40 pm)
April
26, 2017 approx 4:40 pm. Daylight, a clear and sunny day.
Bright blue skies with scattered clouds.
I
was driving across the Kelowna floating bridge towards
West Kelowna. As I was driving on the bridge I noticed a
silver, shiny, disc or sphere-like object hovering the
tree line in the mountains directly in front of me. The
UFO continued to hover over two trees, it seemed to
reflect or project a silvery shine, it was mesmerizing
because it’s shape was so clear and visible. It was not
“tiny”, I could clearly see it. As I climbed the hill up,
the hill curved to the right of the object and mountain
range….my eyes followed it and I was excited to see if
from the “other side” of the mountain. As I curved around
the mountain the UFO simply disappeared. It did not “fly”
vertically or horizontally in another direction, it
just…disappeared.
22-May-2017,
Vernon, BC:
(11:40 pm)
Brought
the dog out before bed , then realized it was clear sky
could see all the stars. Was focused on looking at moon
then noticed one bright stationary light glowing, then
seperating in four travelling bright light forming a near
perfect square before the four traveling lights faded off,
then the stationary light dimmed ,looking like a star.
May
2017, Maple Ridge, BC:
Hi, In early late May or early June during the afternoon
while sitting on my deck in Maple Ridge I saw what I
thought was a bird gliding in the wind over the pasture.
There were several other birds flying much closer to the
ground that looked similar. The "bird" I noticed looked
white on the bottom and dark on the top. It was about
1000-1500 meters away from me and appeared to be riding
the strong wind that was blowing. It was bobbing up and
down with periodic horizontal movement heading west toward
me. It finally struck me as odd that the bird was riding
the wind for so long that I mentioned it to my wife who
was on the deck with me but facing the opposite direction
as I was (we were seated facing each other). She turned
around and immediately said, "That's not a bird". We
continued to watch it as it came closer to us. It was
moving fairly slow and came to within 10 meters or so of
us. As it got closer I asked my wife to get her phone
camera out and take a picture or video. As she was
reaching for her phone was when the "bird" got the closest
to us. Upon seeing it up close it still looked white-ish
on the bottom and dark grey on the top and was shaped like
a football but about two to three times the size. The
football was flying through the air completely silently
and without any apparent form of propulsion. As my wife
was raising her phone the football took off directly away
from us and toward a tree line at the back of the
property. It moved much faster this time (covered around
1000 meters in around 5 seconds). As it flew away what
appeared to be transparent orb reddish brown in colour
periodically flashed around the football. It then dipped
behind the trees, headed west and I lost sight of it.
10-June-2017,
Prince Rupert, BC:
Was there a ufo over Prince Rupert at midnight..bright
white light with no sound flying across our city moving
towards Terrace..I see an hear plans everyday and
night..but nothing like this
25-Jun-2017,
Burnaby, BC: (6:00 pm)
I
am in burnaby bc and last night at about 6pm me and my
parents noticed something shining in the sky way way up, i
managed to get a closer clear look with some really good
binoculars and it was in a perfect disk shape like a coin
in the sky. It was fluttering like tilting side to side it
seemed like it was trying to keep control of it in the
strong winds and the shine was from the sun reflecting off
the bottom when it tilted. We watched it for about 30
minutes till it got higher and disappeared over vancouver.
Very interesting really hope they come back i want to see
more!
28-Jun-2017,
Aldergrove, BC: (just after midnight)
Hello
UFOBC, I was in my backyard (Aldergrove B.C.) on June 28th
just after midnight about to have a smoke when I noticed a
light in the sky moving from the east to west. I just
assumed that it was a satellite and began watching it.
Around 90 seconds in observing the light started to "sway"
from north to south in a small zig-zag pattern for a few
seconds and returned back to a consistent line to
accelerate for half a second.This pattern happened a total
of three times and before each time the light would have a
small orange glow around it, to which it would accelerate
with a small cloud of what looked like a white dusty
material but was drifting away like sand in the sky. There
was a faint sound which was humming but loud like the
sound was directed only at me. The light sounded like a
large object from a very far distance. It was enough to
raise the hair on the back of my neck. I was in shock of
what I was witnessing so I ran inside my home to grab my
phone and when I came back outside the light was gone. I'm
kicking myself in the butt for not having any recording
device with me but this was the last thing I expected to
see at night and you can rest assured that I will have my
phone on standby with the camera for next time. Thanks for
taking the time to read this (and to my wife for not
killing me after waking her up in a panic). Have an
excellent weekend.
28-Jun-2017,
Shawnigan Lake, BC:
(8:55 pm)
I
was sitting on my front deck in Shawnigan Lake and saw
something shinny and noticed it was moving toward my
house.
I called my wife to come look and went to get my
camcorder.
It was 8:55 PM when I started filming.
The ship came from the east to the left of my house and
slowly turned south as it neared and continued its turn
until it was heading back toward the east to the right
side of my house.
I don’t know what else to say.
It was about a ten minute ordeal.
If you pause at 33 or 50 or 55 seconds you get a very
clear shot of what this is.
29-Jun-2017,
Mission, BC: (10:00 pm)
I e-mailed a previous story about spotting an alien in
Langley, B.C on September 30th, 2015
I wanted to report a recent sighting I had today. This
happened in Mission, B.C.
I
was walking from a friends place after 10 pm. He was
feeling tired so I had to head home.
While walking towards James Street, I was looking at the
cloudy night sky. I noticed some orange orbs in the sky.
They kept making triangle formations with 3 orbs. Then 4
were in the sky, while 2 hid behind tree tops. They moved
towards the 4 orbs, and were close together. Every now
& then a few would disappear & reappear. They made
another triangle formation while I walked 7th avenue
trying to get a better look. Eventually I had to turn, so
I went home, turned my computer on and e-mailed you
quickly. I have some videos and pictures, but I have an
old smartphone, so the quality isn’t good with lighting.
So I’ll have to try to fix the brightness before I send
any Files.
29-July-2017,
Courtenay, BC:
Hi. I was just outside with my husband. Stargazing. I saw
what I thought at first was a satellite, moving from the
west to east. Then I noticed directly behind it was
another satellite following closely behind it?!! As soon
as I noticed the second one, the first disappeared and re
appeared further east across the sky moving irratically
(side to side) Then the second appeared next to it and
they stopped moving. Then they moved apart from each
other,VERY quickly, and the one on the right disappeared,
and the second one to appear was visible for a few seconds
then disappeared. They were not very bright, quite dim. I
hope this makes sense, quite the experience and I'm pretty
rattled. Yet it's not the first time I have seen strange
things in the sky here on the island! I'll share my second
story while I'm at it. Last summer (approx august 2016)I
was stargazing (yes we love the stars) and I saw something
similar to tonight. I saw what I thought was a satellite,
and it zoomed off into the sky very quickly and
disappeared. Courtenay, BC Thank you for your time.
30-July-2017,
BC:
Last night around 10 pm.... my daughter and myself saw
what appeared to be a translucent triangle, high altitude,
large object, heading east to west, northern skyline. It
was in view for a couple of seconds and it was travelling
very quickly.
Aug 20th,
2017, Coquitlam, BC:
Near midnight on the evening of August 20, 2017, my wife
and I watched two strange aircraft fly over the
northeast sector of Coquitlam between Burke Mountain and
our home in Port Coquitlam. They were moving from east
to west and appeared to be at an elevation equal to the
highest point of Burke Mountain. They did not fly
together in formation. One went through first, and the
other one followed a minute or two later. When the first
one went through, no sound was audible. When the second
one went through, the sound of a jet engine was faintly
audible. But it was difficult to accept that this sound
was coming from the craft because it was at a low
altitude and traveling very fast. We have been to a
number of airshows, and I can say that the sound of a
jet engine at that elevation and distance would have
been extremely loud. The physical crafts themselves were
not visible -- only their lights were visible. These
were very unusual. They consisted of multiple points of
light -- perhaps a dozen or so -- in the general array
of a sphere. The apparent size was about half the angle
of the full moon. The right half of the array would
flash on, and when it flashed off, the left half of the
array would flash on -- and so on. The right half was
predominantly red, and the left half predominantly
white. This flashing on and off made a steady rhythm as
each craft flew westward. They were moving very fast,
much faster than a small airplane at that elevation and
distance. Based on my memory, I would say that they both
traversed the distance between the Pitt River and
Coquitlam Town Centre -- a distance of 5 km -- in about
30 seconds. This works out to an airspeed of 600 km/hr.
As noted, the sound of a jet engine was audible while
the second aircraft was going through, but volume was
not loud. It was more consistent with that of a
passenger jet making its approach to YVR, which is a
frequent daily occurrence in our area. Unfortunately, my
camera and cell phone were not handy, and if I had gone
to get them, I would have missed the whole thing. These
craft were too big and too fast to be drones; too fast
to be small airplanes; and too quiet to be jet aircraft
or helicopters. And they were spherical. In all of my
years of watching aircraft in the skies of the Lower
Mainland, Vancouver Island, and the Gulf Islands, I have
never seen anything like them.
7-Feb-2017,
French Creek, BC: (just after midnight)
Not too sure what my camera caught tonight over French
Creek on the island, so I though maybe you could help
me. I apologise now if there is a simple
explanation as I wouldn't like to waste your time.
Thank
you.
Justin
UFO*BC
Responds:
Hi
Justin,
As
you can see from my very crude “Snipping Tool” drawing
(below), what you are seeing is called a lens flare.
They are common when there is a bright source of light
relative to the rest of the picture. In this case I have
tried to draw a red circle around the light source that
seems to have caused the flare. As you can see it is
nicely in line with the flare itself and is a very
bright point of light.
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare"
So
sadly nothing weird, but a good example of a nighttime
lens artifact – in fact an almost perfect teardrop
flare, brought on by the dark sky and lit skyline.
Cheers,
Richard