Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Fiery UFOs Seen By 12 in Province
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This document is a press report from The Sun (December 30, 1967) detailing multiple UFO sightings in Vancouver and Nelson on December 29, 1967. A weather office spokesperson attributed the sightings to advertising searchlights.
On the night of Friday, December 29, 1967, twelve individuals across Vancouver and Nelson, British Columbia, reported sightings of unidentified flying objects. In Vancouver, a witness named Ronald J. Long, residing at 1030 East Twentieth, reported observing a bright object that emitted two or three fiery balls, which subsequently moved in different directions. Similar reports were filed by residents in the King Edward, Kingsway, and Thirtieth Avenue areas of Vancouver. In a separate incident in Nelson, Mrs. Otto Schleiermacher reported that she and her family observed an object in the sky that emitted several orange sparks before moving to the south. Mrs. Schleiermacher noted that she intended to photograph the object, but it vanished into low clouds before she could retrieve her camera. A spokesperson for the Vancouver weather office addressed the reports, suggesting that the sightings were likely attributable to searchlights being utilized for an advertising promotion in the area.
A Vancouver weather office spokesman said today several searchlights have been used at night in an advertising promotion and suggested these might be the cause of the reports.
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Official Assessment
A Vancouver weather office spokesman suggested searchlights used in an advertising promotion might be the cause of the reports.
Twelve people reported sightings of unidentified objects in Vancouver and Nelson on the night of December 29, 1967. While witnesses described fiery objects and sparks, a weather office official suggested the sightings were caused by advertising searchlights.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Vancouver weather office spokesmanProvided a potential explanation for the sightings