Not UFO: Lightning Dims Lighting

On the evening of April 13, 1967, at approximately 8:15 p.m., residents of Victoria, British Columbia, experienced a momentary dimming of electrical lights. While some observers, including 13-year-old Mark Lougheed, associated the event with the presence of a flying saucer, a spokesperson for B.C. Hydro clarified that the incident was caused by lightning striking two transmission lines near Campbell River. This strike resulted in the failure of generators at the Strathcona and Ladore stations, leading to a voltage drop in the area. Despite the official explanation, the Lougheed family, residing at 3155 Uplands Road, reported observing an object following the dimming. The family described the object as a circle of whitish-orange light that made no sound and moved at high speed. According to the witnesses, the object traveled 90 degrees across the sky in 30 seconds, curving over the city before disappearing over the horizon in a southeasterly direction. The father estimated the object's size to be between one-eighth and one-tenth the apparent diameter of the moon.