Ladysmith - Strange objects in the air, complete with lights ... white on top and red on the bottom, were reported on the weekend (November 1969) by residents here.

Graham Toole, 24, and his friend Albert Birkeland, 22, both of the Sea Breeze auto court were out for a drive about 9 or 9:30 p.m. All at once, according to his recollection, he and Mr. Birkeland saw an object in the air, about 45 degrees elevation from their position at the junction of Bayview Road and the Island Highway, as they looked toward the waterfront.

"It looked like it was real close - I'd say within a quarter of a mile. These lights, there were three with white on top and red on the bottom, were bright but not as bright as looking into a light bulb."

The proprietor of Knight's furniture store, Ray Knight, his wife and his 16-year-old son were out for a drive at about the same time.

"It was over Thetis Island when we saw it. We didn't see it too long and it was too far away from us to hope for any identification, but it was going too fast to be a plane," Mr. Knight said.

"It was much too quick - it covered about 20 miles in that many seconds," he said. (43:)