Richmond Family "Watches UFO"

This newspaper article from The Columbian, dated April 9, 1968, reports on a UFO sighting in Richmond, British Columbia. The primary witness, 11-year-old Patricia De Boer, observed a glowing orange light in the sky while preparing for bed on the previous Tuesday. She alerted her father, Henry De Boer, a mail-worker, and the two observed the object for several minutes as it hovered before moving slowly in a northerly direction. They subsequently informed Mrs. Patsy De Boer, and all three family members watched the object from outside their home at 609 Udy Road for approximately thirty minutes. Mrs. De Boer described the object as being quite high in the sky, glowing orange, and moving slowly until it vanished behind clouds. The family noted that they had no prior experience with UFOs, though they had an interest in the subject. The sighting prompted the family to reconsider their skepticism regarding extraterrestrial phenomena, though they remained undecided on the nature of the object.