It Was Something

This document, published in Phenomena Magazine in June 1968, recounts two separate UFO sightings experienced by Bob Gordon in North Vancouver, British Columbia, during the summer of 1967. In the first incident, while driving on the Upper Levels highway, Gordon observed a pulsating red globe of light moving in a 'floating leaf' motion. He noted that the object moved from the northwest toward Sentinel Hill, Burrard Inlet, and the PNE grounds before disappearing over the Central Park area. Gordon, a former member of the R.C.A.F., emphasized that the object made no sound and did not behave like any aircraft he was familiar with, despite his experience with night-flying aircraft lights. He observed the object for approximately half an hour, noting that it occasionally hovered. A second sighting occurred the following week at Gordon's home, where he, his wife, and a friend observed a similar pulsating red globe. Upon closer inspection, they noted a yellow light in the center of the red globe. A call to the Vancouver airport control tower resulted in the information that no aircraft were in the area, though the tower suggested the lights might have been searchlights from the PNE grounds. Gordon remained skeptical of this explanation, noting that the objects moved in ways that defied the laws of aeronautics.