- "There's got to be a reasonable explanation but
there were no aurora that night; it wasn't an airplane, it wasn't the space
station. And what was this beam of light that sat there for over an hour?
It's very unusual." -- Brian Vike, Ufologist
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- KIMBERLEY -- Was there really
something in the east Kootenay skies in the early morning hours of July
28th 2003? Several weeks ago the Daily Bulletin/Daily Townsman reported
that a Cranbrook resident witnessed a low flying, slow-moving white light
in the sky over St. Mary's Lake. The light appeared to travel in zig-zag
pattern and made no noise.
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- While the Kimberley RCMP said that no one had called
in any similar reports, Mr. Brian Vike, a self described "Ufologist"
in Houston, British Columbia, has been contacted by 23 people, from Kamloops
to Jaffray, who say they saw something between the hours of 12.30 a.m.
to 2 a.m. on the night in question.
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- Mr. Vike owns and operates HBCC UFO Research, a website
which documents UFO sightings in Canada. Vike also does UFO updates on
talk radio all over North America. The Houston, Terrace, Smithers area
is a hot bed of UFO sightings, he says.
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- UFOLOGIST SEEKS INFO
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- "It's the whole Highway 16 area, Vike said. "It's
phenomenal the amount of reports I get."
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- In fact, Vike says that the UFO sightings are even causing
a little tourist boom in the area. "People are interested in coming
to the area when they hear my reports on the radio," he said. "It's
good promotion for the area. It may be a little strange, but when I'm talking
about UFO sightings, I also talk about the area; the scenery, the fishing,
the camping."
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- There has been some media interest in the UFO sightings
in the Houston area. Several local papers have done stories and Vike says
the Life Network was in the area filming last February.
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- Vike says he doesn't particularly believe in "aliens"
rather he is interested in explaining the unexplained.
- "In B.C. alone last year there were 176 sightings.
A lot of them have explanations. For instance, recently there was a report
of a ball of orange fire in the south eastern sky. It ended up being the
planet Mars, which is very visible this month. There's meteors, there's
space debris; there's the northern lights. But there definitely are a number
of sightings that you just can't explain."
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- The St. Mary's sighting falls into the unexplained category.
Here's what Vike says... he has collected so far.
- "First of all a huge bright coloured object was
witnessed by a number of residents who have already sent in their reports
to me. Also just after this object passed through the night sky, a ray
of white light was witnessed sitting stationary in the sky from horizon
to horizon. Within the ray of light, it rotated and had a black line,
or shadow, on the one side of it. This lasted for well over an hour and
stayed stationary. It didn't move at all until it dissipated."
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- Vike says the 23 reports he has seen are independent.
"They are coming from Kamloops, through Vernon, then Kimberley, then
Jaffray." he said.... "I'd like to see if there are others who
saw it. I spoke to a woman from Vernon yesterday who says she saw it from
her apartment balcony. There had to have been others who saw it too."
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- "As for the object that was first reported, I do
know the international space station was visible around the time of the
sighting. But we've ruled out the space station because of how low the
light was and how slowly it moved. As for the beam, or ray of light, we
believe this was left behind from the object itself, but certainly have
no idea at this time what it was."
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- "We have a bright light, heading in a south-east
line. It was seen by several people. It was low down. There's got to
be a reasonable explanation but there were no aurora that night; it wasn't
an airplane; it wasn't the space station. And what was this beam of light
that sat there for over an hour? It's very unusual".
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- If all the reports from Kimberley and area aren't enough
to peak your interest, there's more. On the evening of the 27th, a bright,
white light was reported over Houston. On July 31st another bright light,
moving at low altitude in a zig-zag pattern, making no noise, was reported
over Houston. Other sightings have been reported in the Enderby area at
the end of July.
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- If you saw something strange in the sky the night of
July 27/28, Vike wants to hear from you. You can call him toll free at
1 866 262 1989 or email hbccufo@telus.net
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- For full text of the eye witness accounts, including
those from Jaffray and Kimberely, go to Vike's website at
- http://www3.telus.net/public/wilbur8/hbcc_ufo_research.htm
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- In the meantime, keep your eyes on the skies.
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- Incidentally, the view of Mars this month is reported
to be the best any human being will ever see. During the four days, August
25 - 28, 2003, Mars is closer to earth than any time before in human history.
The red planet will be in opposition to the sun.
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- Opposition occurs when a planet is "opposite"
to the sun as viewed from earth. During opposition Mars will rise in the
south-east while the sun sets in the north-west. On August 27 2003, Mars
and Earth are at their closest. Only 55,758,006 kilometers apart, almost
30% closer than an average opposition. Viewing will be best between 10
p.m. and 2 a.m.
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- Brian Vike, Director
- HBCC UFO Research
- Canadian Toll Free UFO Hotline 1 866 262 1989 - Free
call.
- Editor: Canadian Communicator - Paranormal Magazine
- email: <mailto:hbccufo@telus.net>hbccufo@telus.net
- Website: http://www3.telus.net/public/wilbur8/hbcc_ufo_research.htm
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