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Cigar Over Burnaby

📅 June 24, 1957 📍 N. Burnaby, Vancouver, B.C. 📄 sighting_report
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A report from 1957 detailing a sighting by Mr. and Mrs. J. Rea of a cigar-shaped object in Burnaby, B.C. The object was observed for 45 minutes and appeared to release smaller disc-shaped objects.

On the early morning of Monday, June 24, 1957, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rea of North Burnaby, Vancouver, British Columbia, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witnesses reported seeing a cigar-shaped object hovering over their district for approximately forty-five minutes, between 12:30 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. According to the report, the object featured a light in its center and a bright light at one end. During the observation, the witnesses noted that several smaller, disc-shaped objects emerged from the opposite end of the parent craft. These smaller objects appeared to move away from the main vessel and exhibited changes in color. The witnesses, who observed the event using binoculars, reported that the parent ship remained silent throughout the duration of the sighting.

Several discs were observed to come out of the other end. These seemed to move away and to change colour. The parent ship made no sound.

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