Bright Orange Ball Seen From Mill Bay

On January 1, 1970, in Mill Bay, British Columbia, a mother and son observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. Mrs. Drummond first spotted a bright, yellowish-orange object moving from the north toward her home. She attempted to alert neighbors, but those who were home did not see the object. As the object moved overhead, she reported a tingling sensation on her left hand, which she described as feeling like hot liquid being sprinkled on her. Her son, Jim Drummond, who was aboard a tugboat, also observed the object. He initially intended to photograph it with a Polaroid camera but decided against it, believing the resulting image would only show a spot of light. As the object approached, it became stationary and increased in size to that of an orange. Using a telescope, Jim Drummond observed the object's structure, describing it as two cups placed lip-to-lip with a steep black outline. He noted nine dome-shaped, whitish-blue lights arranged around the middle. A beam of light, composed of a series of dashes, briefly projected from the object toward the ground. The object eventually departed rapidly toward the south, disappearing into clouds estimated to be 800 to 900 feet high. The total duration of the sighting was approximately 15 minutes, and the object was estimated to be 35 to 50 feet in diameter at an altitude of 300 feet.