Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Victoria Strange Object
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A 1949 sighting report involving the crew of the ferry Chinoik, who observed an erratic, bright light moving near Victoria, British Columbia. The object performed sharp maneuvers and spiraled upward through an overcast sky.
This document provides a brief account of a sighting of a strange object that occurred on December 17, 1949, near Victoria, British Columbia. The report originated from the first officer of the Chinoik, a Seattle-to-Victoria car ferry, and was corroborated by the ship's quartermaster and lookout. According to the account, the witnesses observed a bright light in the sky moving toward Victoria at an altitude of approximately 2,000 feet. The officer described the object's movements as being too sharp and erratic to be an aircraft, noting that it moved from side to side and up and down. The object approached within a mile of the ferry before spiraling swiftly upward through the overcast sky. The witnesses were unable to discern any specific shape due to the darkness, and the object's erratic behavior made it difficult to track with binoculars. The information is cited from Loren E. Gross's work, 'UFOs: A History, Vol. 2, 1949'.
'It was moving from side to side and up and down much too sharply to be a plane, ' the officer said.
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Witnesses
- [illegible]first officerChinoik
- [illegible]quartermasterChinoik
- [illegible]lookoutChinoik
Key Persons
- Loren E. GrossAuthor of cited work