UFO Expert Joins Next Hunt For Ogopogo

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Newspaper Article.

By David Wylie

Sterling News Service.

Kelowna – A group of Ogopogo hunters are planning a third major quest to find the monster they believe lurks in the depths of Okanagan Lake – this time in the company of a well-known Canadian UFO expert.

Brian Vike, who researches alien sightings and encounters from his home in Houston, B.C., appears regularly on radio shows across Canada and the U.S. to discuss aliens with a listening audience of about 3 million. He said he doesn’t necessarily believe in Ogopogo, but there have been enough sightings to take the mythological creature seriously.

“They’ve been doing this (the searches) and it’s not a hokey operation. They spend a lot of money,” said Vike.

Some of the big talk radio shows in the United States wanted to carry (the expedition) live. It’ll be great for tourism”, he said.

Experienced Ogopogo hunter Bill Steciuk said the wide-scale scientific search is planned for mid-August 2004.

The team will use three boats equipped with sonar, remote-controlled underwater video equipment and divers to try to locate the creature.

Why? It was time to do a scientific search. Why do you climb a mountain? Because it’s there. Why do you hunt Ogopogo? Because there’s something in the lake,” he said. “We’ll find it and we’ll get pictures of it.”

There have been thousands of sightings, including some from influential citizens, like doctors and business people, he said. Steciuk said he also believes there’s more than just one Ogopogo.

“This is a species,” he said.

Nearly 50 people helped during the first searches in 2000 and 2001 – both trips resulted in sightings and a 45 minute documentary on the searches was released earlier this year. The expedition and filming cost totaled more than $250,000.

A third major expedition planned for last August was cancelled because of the Okanagan Mountain Park fire.

August is an ideal time for the search because there are fewer watercraft on the lake and the weather is usually clear, Steciuk said.

“The majority of sightings, if you go back 100 years, are in and around the middle of August,” he said.

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Saucer Type UFO Breaks Into Two Pieces And Joins Again Over Brocket Alberta

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Date:  July or August 2002

Time:  Afternoon.

Number of witnesses: 2

Number of Objects: 2

Shape of Objects: Saucer to Orb-like.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I think it was around 2002 or earlier, I can't fully specify the exact year, but it was me and my sister during the summertime while we were outside playing.

I looked up to about southeast of my place towards the outskirts of the reserve and I remember seeing this orb or saucer looking object going south. I wasn't entirely sure what it was and when I told my sister to look, she didn't know either, though neither really knew. We thought it was a plane, but we've never had anything fly over so low and it wasn't a helicopter otherwise we would've heard the rotors.

As we continued to watch, I remember the object breaking into two pieces, one big piece and the second slightly smaller, but seemed to trail the object. I knew it can't be a plane or helicopter because they don't break into two pieces mid-flight, this got my sister scared as was I, but we couldn't take our eyes off these two objects.

I lasted about, say, five to ten minutes before the two objects connected and slowly disappeared. We told our dad what we saw, but he didn't see it either. I don't normally make this kind of stuff up and I can even pinpoint where I first spotted this object to it’s flight path and where it disappeared. I still remember it and I'm still trying to figure out what I saw that day and to this day. I still talk about it with my sister, who is a skeptic on these sorts of things.

Thank you to the witness for the report.

If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at houstonbri7@gmail.com with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.

File your UFO sighting to Brian at: houstonbri7@gmail.com

Brian Vike, Director Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research. Email: houstonbri7@gmail.com

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Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research.

Saucer Type UFO Breaks Into Two Pieces And Joins Again Over Brocket Alberta

Date: July or August 2002

Time: Afternoon.

Number of witnesses: 2
Number of Objects: 2
Shape of Objects: Saucer to Orb-like.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I think it was around 2002 or earlier, I can't fully specify the exact year, but it was me and my sister during the summertime while we were outside playing.

I looked up to about southeast of my place towards the outskirts of the reserve and I remember seeing this orb or saucer looking object going south. I wasn't entirely sure what it was and when I told my sister to look, she didn't know either, though neither really knew. We thought it was a plane, but we've never had anything fly over so low and it wasn't a helicopter otherwise we would've heard the rotors.

As we continued to watch, I remember the object breaking into two pieces, one big piece and the second slightly smaller, but seemed to trail the object. I knew it can't be a plane or helicopter because they don't break into two pieces mid-flight, this got my sister scared as was I, but we couldn't take our eyes off these two objects.

I lasted about, say, five to ten minutes before the two objects connected and slowly disappeared. We told our dad what we saw, but he didn't see it either. I don't normally make this kind of stuff up and I can even pinpoint where I first spotted this object to it’s flight path and where it disappeared. I still remember it and I'm still trying to figure out what I saw that day and to this day. I still talk about it with my sister, who is a skeptic on these sorts of things.

If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at: sighting@telus.net with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.

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