Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Airship Sighting In Victoria, BC
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This document records a July 1897 sighting of a luminous object in Victoria, BC, by two utility company employees. It also clarifies that many contemporary sightings were misattributed to a failed Swedish balloon expedition.
This document provides a historical account of an airship sighting in Victoria, British Columbia, occurring around July 1, 1897. Two employees of the Victoria Electric Light Company reported observing a luminous body rising slowly in the eastern sky during the early morning hours. The text contextualizes this event within the broader 'airship excitement' that had previously occurred in the United States. It also includes a note regarding a Swedish balloon expedition intended for the North Pole in 1896, which was delayed until July 1897 and subsequently crashed on pack ice, noting that many sightings in Canada and the USA were erroneously attributed to this specific balloon.
About the first of July two men employed at the Victoria Electric Light Company saw a luminous body rising slowly in the eastern sky early in the morning.
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Witnesses
- two menVictoria Electric Light Company
Key Persons
- Loren E. GrossAuthor of cited work
- Charles FortSubject of cited work