UFO Hovered Over Road

On the evening of April 14, 1967, in Victoria, British Columbia, two separate sightings of an unidentified aerial phenomenon were reported. At approximately 8:05 p.m., two youths, Ian Squire and Scott McNeill, were cycling through the Uplands residential district when they observed a red and green light hovering near the area of the Uplands Golf Club-House. The boys noted that the lights were not blinking and appeared stationary, though they could not be certain due to their own movement on their bicycles. The sky was dark and clear with little wind. Five or six minutes later, at 8:10 p.m., Ian Squire's grandmother was driving south on Cadboro Bay Road toward the northern gates of The Uplands. She observed a red and green light positioned above the roadway, at an altitude she estimated to be higher than a tall tree, roughly level with the roofs of nearby houses. As she drove underneath the object, she described it as an indistinct, dark, wing-like shape that spanned the width of the road. She noted that the coloured lights appeared to be directed forward and were positioned four to six feet from the extremities of the dark mass. A small white light was also observed behind the object, though the witness speculated it might have been a star. The object made no noise and appeared to remain stationary. The witness, who reported the event to P.M.H. Edwards, admitted that her view was obscured by the darkness, but she briefly considered the possibility that the object was a 'flying-saucer' given its low altitude and lack of engine noise. The witness did not stop to investigate, a decision the report notes as a lost opportunity for a more significant observation.