UFOs in NWT

YELLOWKNIFE - "Flying Objects" seen over the Fort Providence-Resolution areas recently have not yet been identified.

Reports of unidentified flying objects in Providence first reached the RCMP on December 18th, although apparently an object had been soon in the area during the previous two weeks.

Two motorists had reported seeing the object along the Providence-Rae Road.

School principal and acting area administrator Al Goller reported viewing it in clear, dark weather on the night of the 18th through a 50-power telescope,

The object is described as a reddish ball that changes color to yellow and white and then back to red again. Mr. Goller said it appears to have craters or spots on the surface and to flare as it changes direction as though gases were being emitted.

It was seen as roughly the size of the evening star

All witnesses said it was extremely difficult to judge the object’s distance from the earth.

One motorist driving south to Rae said the object, which hovered over his car, was shaped like a stubby cigar with a rectangular "cable-like” structure on the top.

Meteorological briefer John Panes said phenomena such as occultations could give the illusion of flying saucers.

The planet Venus appears red when close to the horizon. Also, authorities are not discounting the possibility of secret military objects.
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