Shiny Metallic Disc Seen

This document, published in the Canadian UFO Report (No. 11, September 1979), details two separate, unsubstantiated UFO sightings reported by a man named Barry to his father, Arthur N. Zettergreen. The first incident occurred during the winter of 1969-1970 on the Big Bend highway north of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Barry and a fellow worker observed a shiny metallic disc resting on a snowfield for approximately 20 minutes while they were plowing the highway. Upon returning to the location two hours later, the object was gone. The witnesses were reportedly ridiculed by their peers at camp, leading Barry to keep future sightings to himself. The second incident took place in the fall of 1978 while Barry was hunting for deer at an elevation of 4000-4500 feet near Sicamous, British Columbia. While walking through a wooded area, he experienced a sensation of being watched. Upon looking up, he observed a large, bright, silvery object that was either cylindrical or spherical in shape, hovering several hundred feet above him. Barry, who was carrying a 30-30 carbine rifle, attempted to chamber a shell to fire at the object, but found that the rifle's lever would not move. He stood helplessly as the object hovered for a duration he estimated as ten minutes, though he noted it was likely less than a minute. The object then moved away slowly and silently. Once the object was out of sight, the rifle's lever functioned normally again. Arthur N. Zettergreen describes his son as a matter-of-fact individual not prone to fantasy or deceit.