Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Mysterious Light in Sky

📅 Tuesday, August 10, 1965 📍 Vancouver, BC and Whitehorse, Yukon 🏛 The Vancouver Sun 📄 newspaper article

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TL;DR

This newspaper article from August 11, 1965, reports on an unidentified light observed over Vancouver by RCAF officials and residents. The event was linked by officials to other reports of a potential meteorite seen earlier in the Yukon.

On August 10, 1965, at approximately 11:30 p.m., a mysterious light was observed in the sky over Vancouver, British Columbia. RCAF search and rescue officials, stationed at 4050 West Fourth, reported seeing an unidentified light hovering above Grouse Mountain on the North Shore. These officials, having received multiple calls from local residents, observed the object themselves and noted that it was significantly brighter than a star and appeared to be airborne, though they were convinced it was not an aircraft. The reports of this flashing light coincided with other accounts of a bright object, which officials suggested may have been a meteorite. Earlier that same day, residents in Whitehorse, Yukon, reported an object that traveled northward, stopped, and then headed south at an increasing altitude before it disappeared.

We looked out for it ourselves and saw it hovering above Grouse Mountain. It was much brighter than a star and appeared to be airborne. But we were convinced it was not a plane,

Official Assessment

officials believe was a meteorite

RCAF officials observed a light hovering over Grouse Mountain, while other reports suggested a meteorite seen earlier in the Yukon.

Organizations

Military Units