I was driving west on highway 99, just west of the
highway 91 intersection. The time was just after 8:30 AM on November 22,
2000 (the half hour news was playing on the radio). The sky was clear with
very light and very high cirrus cloud cover in the southeast direction. I
looked out my window and noticed a very distinct, silvery object that I
initially thought was an airplane. It had a cylindrical or cigar shaped
body. Although the object was distinct, I couldn’t detect any wing or tail
features in the brief glances I made while trying to keep my eyes on the
road and traffic. The object looked like it was at least 1000 feet or so
above Boundary Bay (SSW of my position at about 40 degrees above the
horizon. It was much larger/closer than my August 3rd sighting
(about half the diameter of a dime held at arms length). It was aligned in
approximately a north/south alignment and seemed to be hovering or moving
very slowly. There was absolutely no vapor trail. I kept glancing back at
it trying to get a better view. On my third or fourth glance, it suddenly
disappeared completely. One moment it was there, the next it had vanished
completely. I tried scanning the sky repeatedly and could see nothing but
blue sky. Then just as suddenly, it was there again, in about the same
part of the sky I had seen it, less than a minute before. Again I got two
or three glances at it and just as suddenly as before, it completely
vanished. At this point I pulled my vehicle to the shoulder and stopped my
truck. I scanned the whole sky and could find no aircraft. I kept waiting
and scanning for a few minutes but no object reappeared in the sky.
Note: I later realized that this sighting was one day
short of the 47th anniversary of the Kinross incident.
