Sir:

On the evening of May 3, about 10:45 p.m., I saw an unusual light over the south end of Thetis Island (off the east coast of Vancouver Island). It was very bright, brighter than a star. It was pinpoint at first, then it got bigger, and then it would go smaller until it went out. This hovering object stayed for about 20 minutes and then disappeared.

Next night it appeared again at 10:45 p.m., very bright, but only hovered for about 10 minutes. During this time I was on the phone for a minute and when I hung up I went to the window and saw the tail of the light disappear behind the trees on the east side of the island. Later I looked out my dining-room window only to see this object north of Thetis Island, bobbing up and down like a ball over the tops of the trees, very bright and it got a lot brighter still. When it seemed to have reached the gap between Kuper and Thetis Islands, it suddenly lit up like a ball of fire. If it had been any brighter, it would have lit up the entire islands. What a thrilling sight it was! It stayed there for a matter of minutes and disappeared.

An object again appeared on the next two nights. This was also a bright light which hovered for a few minutes and then went out as quickly as it came on.

On the night of May 27 an object came on very bright at first and then dimmed slowly to a pinpoint before going out. It stayed on for about 15 minutes.

It appears to me there is something very interesting for this strange object to come back to these very popular islands again and again.

Mrs. Gwenyth M. Bazett,
Chemainus, B.C.