Huge Object Enters Forest

In March 1966, Albert Kershaw, a logging truck driver, witnessed an unidentified aerial object while working in the Shawnigan Lake Forest District on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Kershaw had stopped his truck on a sharp incline known as Crescent Hill to check his brake coolant when he noticed a shiny object near a stand of fir trees. Initially mistaking it for a plane attempting a crash landing, he soon realized the object was something entirely different. The craft was described as a large, pontoon-shaped object approximately 100 feet long and five feet thick, with an orangey, glowing color at both ends and a highly polished metallic surface in the middle. It featured two small square markings at the front, which appeared to be panels. The object moved slowly across the road in full view of the witness. As it approached a higher ridge, it emitted two puffs of black, carbon-like dust from its front end, which seemed to provide it with additional altitude. As it moved behind a cluster of trees, the object rolled onto its side, revealing a flat, landing-pad-like structure underneath. Kershaw later returned to the site to investigate but found no physical evidence. He noted that the craft must have flipped on its side to navigate the narrow gaps between the trees. Kershaw reported the incident to the police, who treated the account with skepticism. The experience had a profound impact on Kershaw, who subsequently obtained his pilot's license to be better prepared should he encounter such an object again. The author, John Magor, notes that Kershaw was an articulate man not prone to over-excitement, and he later observed Kershaw performing flight circuits over Quamichan Lake.