Nelson Family Sees Four UFOs

The above photo is a photographer's Interpretation of UFOs based on descriptions of Nelson residents as the objects flew above Elephant Mtn. The sighting took place on Friday, Jan. 5, 1968. [NOTE: the mentioned photograph was a severely degraded copy and not worth including]

The four UFOs hovered above the CBC tower. They were seen by Mrs. Marilyn Horser and five other people. She said she gazed in disbelief as the UFOs soundlessly zig-zagged over the dawn sky. The witnesses peered at the objects through binoculars for nearly an hour.

“The UFO I saw through the binoculars was round on top, flat at the bottom with a green glow,” said Mrs. Horser. Her husband said the one he was looking at looked as if it had flames coming out of the top of it and cascading over the side.

But strange things were happening on the ground too. Big white towers of cloud appeared by the CBC tower. They hadn't been there when they first saw the UFOs. One cloud went straight up in the sky just like a ruler with a round blob on the top. It was quite white but after ten minutes the cloud just disappeared. Mrs. Horser said the colors of the UFOs had been predominantly red and green, “but just faint."