Sir:

Recently I was looking out my bedroom window towards Mt. Benson which is about four to five miles away when I noticed lights which seemed to rise to a high altitude and then to decrease in altitude immediately. I watched this display for about an hour before leaving the room.

The night was clear and there was no obstruction to interfere with my view. The temperature was moderate and a light breeze was coming from the southeast.

When I returned to the room an hour later I watched again for about 15 minutes but did not see any more sign of activity. When I looked through my field glasses I saw a few stars which were too dim to be seen by the naked eye, so I concluded that what I saw could not be stars unless they increased and decreased in magnitude within a few seconds.

But I have saved a part of my description which I think might be of value to you in your conclusion of this case. Before I left, I asked my brother to come in and keep watch, which he did for about 10 minutes. When I returned he told me that he had seen vertical red strips coming from a shimmering white object above the lights. They lasted for about 15 seconds, then they vanished while the white object flicked out.

Wesley Palmer,
Nanaimo, B.C