Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Light Over Coal City, BC
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This document details an 1897 sighting of a mysterious light in British Columbia, noting the conflict between public witness accounts and the local newspaper's attempt to explain the event as a fire reflection.
On August 8, 1897, a mysterious light was observed in the sky over the Strait of Georgia region in British Columbia. The editor of the Victoria Colonist newspaper attempted to explain the phenomenon as a reflection caused by a fire in the town of Corodova. This explanation was met with skepticism and contradiction from readers who had witnessed the event. A witness named Mr. Sharpe Wilson reported seeing the light floating high in the sky, describing it as having a dazzling radiance, and noted that he observed it from Coal City. Another witness, Mr. E. S. Shrapnel, reported observing the light for two hours while it hovered over Mary Tod island. He described the object as swaying slowly from side to side and occasionally rising and falling. Mr. Shrapnel explicitly rejected the newspaper's reflection theory, asserting that the light was as bright as, or brighter than, the stars visible at the time.
. . . swaying from side to side slowly, and sometimes rising and falling in a similar manner.
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Official Assessment
The editor of the Victoria Colonist initially suggested the light was a reflection from a fire at the town of Corodova.
Witnesses disputed the editor's explanation, asserting the light was hovering and moving independently of any fire reflection.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Loren E. GrossAuthor of cited work
- Editor of the Victoria ColonistProposed initial explanation for the sighting