Although Mrs. C. N. Karpowich lives in an area beneath a much used air corridor, she and several other Grindrod, B.C. residents observed a flying object on November 22, 1968 that was totally unfamiliar to all of them.

Mrs. Karpowich stated that she was returning home from a friend's house when her son first noticed a football-shaped object descending slowly about 1 mile west of Grindrod. The object was described as a dark mass with two square lights that blinked on and off in random fashion. Mrs. Karpowich, her three children and Mrs. T. Anchikeski and her three children all watched the strange thing for about four to six minutes until it disappeared behind a hill one mile from the Karpowich residence. When they arrived home, Mrs. Karpowich stated that their dog ran to them with his tail between his legs and his ears down; she said that this was most unusual for the dog to act in that manner.

She reported the sighting to the Enderby, B.C. RCMP detachment who checked and advised that there were no airplanes in the vicinity at the time. It was unlikely that any small craft were in the area due to a heavy low lying cloud and smoke layer over Enderby and Grindrod.

Mrs. Karpowich and her children were able to supply us with drawings of the object and in each case the individual showed two rectangular "windows" in the center of the object. Twelve year old Tom Karpowich indicated his impression of these lights was that they were shaped like the letter "T”.

Several other unusual sightings have been reported in B.C. in Nov. and Dec. particularly around Grindrod. It is interesting to note that the UFO Research Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa. reported recently that a UFO with "square lights on the outer edge" was seen Dec. 30th, 1958 near Houston, Pa. Three people watched this object pass within 100 yards of their cars. Hrs. P. J. Urich of Calgary, Alta, provided us with the initial information on the Grindrod report which enabled us to follow up directly with the witnesses.