Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzen,

In this letter that I am writing to you, don’t think of me as some kind of nut or a crackpot, try to think of me as a level-headed person whose job is delivering newspapers.

On Jan. 26, 1968 my friend and I were observing stars through a telescope. Our attention was centered on a bright satellite that was passing through the sky.

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bright green object at about the time my friend noticed it too. We turned and saw a large fiery green object moving quite quickly toward the horizon. The front section was solid. It was about the size of a dime. It gave off a white vapour, which would disappear almost instantly. We thought at first that it was a meteor, bolide or a comet. It could not have been because as it came closer to the horizon, it turned sharply towards the east, finally it disappeared over the mountains that were there.

My friend and I phoned this report in to the local radio. The man said that there had been reports that were quite similar to ours, all evening. My friend and I have a very good knowledge of meteors, comets, bolides, commercial aircraft, satellites, balloons; because we have been amateur astronomers for about a year and a half and have observed these things many times. My friend had been taking exposures of star trails at the time. The object might have passed into these momentarily. I doubt it. But if it did, I will try to send you a picture.

Thank you,
Terry O’Krame

P.S. If you think it necessary to write to me, my address is:
11066 146 Street, North Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

P.P.S. What I saw.