Silent UFO Flying Over Duncan

On the evening of March 7, 1969, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Mrs. William Marshall and four other witnesses observed an unidentified aerial object near Duncan, British Columbia. The witnesses, including University of Victoria students, initially mistook the object for a satellite. The object, described as round and rotating, displayed four lights—red, green, yellow, and white—which were later noted in a sketch to be protruding in pairs on brackets. The object exhibited complex flight behavior, including hovering for 15 minutes over a B.C. Hydro generating station and moving in various directions, including southwest, northwest, and east. Mrs. Marshall reported that the object made no noise, even when passing at a low altitude directly over her home. The total duration of the sighting was estimated at 40 minutes. Mrs. Marshall noted that a fellow worker of her husband, Ernie Anderson, also observed the object. Despite the number of witnesses, the sighting was not reported to local media due to fear of ridicule, though Mrs. Marshall expressed relief upon hearing reports of a similar object over Vancouver on the same night.