Posted: January 13, 2008
Date: September 22, 2005 Time: 2:30 a.m.
Number of witnesses: 2 Number of objects: 1 Shape of objects: Orb
Full Description of event/sighting: I was laying in bed looking at the stars out of the sliding door when I saw an airplane come from behind the trees, and then I noticed a white orb following it. I immediately woke my husband. The plane had typical flashing lights. The orb did not flash and was larger and much brighter than the airplane. Twice it seemed to go a slightly faster than the plane, but seemed to keep pretty much the same distance between the plane and itself. (Much like when you are following a friend on the road because they know the destination location and you don't). We watched it follow the plane until it was out of sight. We look at the sky often as we are astronomy buffs. This was not a weather balloon or a second airplane.
Additional Information:
Hello Brian,
Weather: Clear, no clouds that we could see. No rain, no fog. Estimate of temperature for 2:30 AM was about 10 degrees Celsius. We did step out onto the balcony to get a better view of the object and felt no wind. Just a calm night.
Altitude of airplane: Really hard to say as it was not flying directly over our house. Looked like a normal altitude where we see most planes flying. Sorry but can't answer that question any more honestly than that.
Altitude of object following airplane: Same altitude as plane. The object was about the width of 3-4 baby finger widths behind the airplane.
Where were the airplane and object located? We are located by Goldstream Provincial Park which is about 10 KM Northwest of the city of Victoria. We were looking in the direction of Victoria. We were looking to the South. There is a high tower with a red light on it on the top of a small mountain and it was over this mountain that we saw the object and the airplane. I would guess about 2 baby finger widths above the horizon. I would say that the Airplane and the object were flying in a West to East direction.
Was the object trying to keep pace with the object? Yes, That was our feeling. It seemed to want to keep the same distance between itself and the Airplane.
Describe the area where the sighting took place, airport etc: The closest airport would be the Victoria International Airport which is located near the small city of Sidney BC at the end of the Saanich Peninsula about a 30 minute drive North from Victoria. The plane was not flying towards that airport. We think it was flying towards the United States. Perhaps on its way to Tacoma International Airport (near Seattle, Washington State). The land around the sighting would be partly populated and partly forest. There is a large naval base (Department of National Defence) situated next to the city of Victoria (in Esquimalt). Comox Air and Naval base is a long way from here. We are located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
Trail or tail following the object? No just a very bright sphere or orb. The light was white.
Any sound? We stepped out onto the balcony but heard no sound.
We thought that this was indeed an unusual sight and I wish we had more information for you. If anyone else has reported seeing this in our area could you let us know? If you have more questions please feel free to email.
Thank you to the witness for the report.
Brian Vike, Director HBCC UFO Research. email: hbccufo@telus.net Website: http://www.hbccufo.org http://www.brianvike.com, http://www.hbccufo.com, http://www.hbccufo.net HBCC UFO Research International: http://www.hbccufointernational.org/
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