I SAW IT ... AND I'M SICK OF RIDICULE!

This document, published in the first volume of 'Phenomena' and dated June 10, 1968, details a personal account of an unidentified aerial phenomenon witnessed at Stump Lake, south of Kamloops, British Columbia. The witness, identified only as a prominent fish and game expert, describes an encounter that occurred in mid-July 1968. While fishing alone in a rowboat on a calm, sunny day, the witness observed a small, silvery, round object zoom past him at eye level, approximately 30 feet away. Initially, the witness, a military veteran with experience in artillery, assumed the object was an artillery shell. He watched the object travel down the lake, expecting it to impact the water, but it did not. The lake surface remained undisturbed. Subsequently, the object returned along the same path, moving back up the lake in a soundless manner. The witness, who asserts he is trained in bird and plane-spotting and capable of identifying objects at 1,000 feet, emphasizes that he had never seen such an object before. He expresses frustration with the potential for ridicule, noting that his professional reputation requires him to be perceived as a reasonable authority, yet he feels compelled to report the event because it remains inexplicable.