Blinking Lights Seen Near Quesnel

On the night of July 11, 1967, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Arthur Gilbert, a 30-ish project accountant, observed an unexplained phenomenon while situated on a lake shore five miles south of Quesnel, British Columbia. Gilbert reported seeing a white light that exhibited a systematic blinking pattern: it would remain on for half a second, off for half a second, then on for half a second, followed by an off interval ranging from two to five seconds. This specific sequence was repeated four times as the object traversed the southern sky. The witness estimated the object's altitude to be between 2000 and 3000 feet above sea level, noting that it appeared to emerge from behind a local landmark, Dragon Mountain. Gilbert estimated the distance to the object to be between 5 and 10 miles. He reported that the sky was clear of clouds and that no sound was audible during the observation. Gilbert also noted that a similar sighting in the Cache Creek area was reported in the Province newspaper that same evening. He emphasized that he was in full control of his faculties at the time of the sighting and had not reported the event to any publication himself.