That Was No UFO Over Hamilton

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Newspaper Article.

The strange lights in the night sky last weekend have a rather novel, down-to-earth explanation.

Not UFOs. Not northern lights, either.

It looks like it was Hamilton's own Chris Ecklund and his half-billion candlepower light system illuminating one of the city's 125 waterfalls that caused a ripple of UFO sightings from Stoney Creek to Dundas.

Witnesses reported eyewitness accounts of strange vertical lights in the sky over Dundas and Waterdown to The Vike Report, a British Columbia-based blog devoted to UFO sightings and the paranormal.

Brian Vike, who heads his own HBCC Centre for UFO Research, says on his blog that the lights were seen around 8 p.m. Friday.

That's exactly when Ecklund threw the switch to light up Chedoke Falls in the city's west end, part of his campaign to get Hamilton recognized as the City of Waterfalls and a pilot project to highlight the falls' beauty.

"We had all those lights bouncing off the ice and the water up into the sky. It was awesome and 8 p.m. was when we threw the switch.

"We had all the colours people saw: orange, red and the whole lot."

Vike, who lives in Houston, B.C., halfway between Terrace and Prince George, was not immediately available for comment.

One witness told Vike that he and five friends were out for a walk around 8 p.m. and saw vertical lights in the sky and watched them for 30 minutes, a throbbing orange one which faded in and out and a second red vertical one.

The witness, who Vike won't name in keeping with his confidentiality commitment on the site, says one light had a circle opening in it which looked like an eye.

Then the red lights faded away after five more minutes, he said.

Ecklund has also lit up Sherman Falls with blue spotlights, Tiffany Falls with 550 million candlepower of clear lights with no filters and Lower Westcliffe Falls.

The pictures and videos of the effects created are on his website: www.cityofwaterfalls.ca.

"There's no mystery," says Ecklund.

"It was just us."

The Hamilton Spectator - https://www.thespec.com/news.html

The News Story Article - https://www.thespec.com/news/2010/01/13/that-was-no-ufo-over-hamilton.html

Fast Moving Round Object Zig Zags Across The Sky Over Hamilton Ontario

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Date:  June 16, 2011

Time:  3:13 a.m.

Number of witnesses: 4

Number of Objects: 1 or 2 ?

Shape of Objects: Round light.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: We were working and on a smoke break when one of us looked up and saw what he thought might be an airplane, until it started moving erratically.

It shot forward and back and in a zig-zag patterns at speeds unattainable by man-made technology. We continued to watch for 20 minutes before it just vanished.

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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Bright Orange Light Appears To Be On Fire Seen From Hamilton Ontario

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Date:  November 11, 2011

Time:  Around 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Good Afternoon, on the evening of November 11, 2011 around 530 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., my son and I were driving down the Kenilworth Access and noticed an orange light out over lake Ontario up in the clouds (we were looking northern from our location). 

At first I thought it was the moon peeking through the clouds, as the colour looked like a nice bright orange, but we found the moon in a different spot and we stared in awe at this light as it seemed to increase in size to a ball of orange and started to look like an exploding ball of fire with some white and yellowish colours as well, with a blazing trail behind it, it headed straight down from the sky towards the lake.

My son being 15 immediately thought it must be an airplane exploding and falling from the sky.  I had no idea what it was, as we watched it fall from the sky it seemed to lose its speed/ size and brightness as we approached the bottom of the escarpment, it seemed to vanish somewhere over the lake.

Would this have been a meteor?  We’ve been watching the news ever since and there has been no word of any airplane exploding, so we figure it must have been some sort of natural occurrence, like a meteor entering the earth’s atmosphere or maybe a UFO.

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated….I’m glad I seen it with my son, or I would have thought I was going nuts!

Kind Regards.

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

The Vike Factor Blog.

Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research.

Blue Purple Flashing Light In The Sky Over Hamilton Ontario

Brian Vike's Favorite Cases.

Date:  May 21, 2011

Time:  Evening.

Hamilton Ontario Saturday May 21 2011 saw blue purple flashing light in sky. I had to look again again at the position in the sky, it was if someone had a flashlight and  was being turned on/off approximately 3 - 4 flashes moving slowly, or seemed to stay in the same position in the sky.

The light was hiding behind some clouds, sky was very clear from around cloud area. Others also saw the light some say it could have been a satellite, it was not a plane. Thanks.

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 or please use the online Sighting Report Form.

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

The Vike Factor Blog.

Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research.

10 To 12 Objects/UFOs And Boomerang Shaped Craft Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  May 1, 2020

Time:  Evening.

Hi Brian, this is (name removed). We have been in contact in the past. I live in Hamilton Ontario. I had another sighting just last night.

My 15 year old daughter and I witnessed 10-12 orb like UFOs bouncing and moving around in the sky. They originated around the Big Dipper. They seemed to all move southbound.

After a while we weren’t really seeing anymore. Just as we were about to go back in the house an enormous boomerang shaped craft emerged about 500 feet above us.

It was silent and had not lights. It seemed to reflect the sky. It was moving slowly. Looked like a wave going through the sky. We saw it for about 10 seconds and suddenly it vanished. I made a report to MUFON.com.

However in order to read reports on this site I have to pay. What are your suggestions for reporting this absolutely astonishing siting? 

Regards.

Thank you to the witness for their report.

Brian Vike, Director Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research. 

Email: brian_vike@telus.net

The Vike Factor Blog: https://canadaufo.blogspot.com/

Kamloops British Columbia Canada UFO Research: https://canadaufo.blogspot.com/

Quick Flying Green Flash Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  March 11, 2017

Time:  Approx: 3:05 a.m.

I saw quick flying green flash that flew in a cloud at approximately 3:05 a.m. this morning on March 11, 2017.

It was coming in a downward motion into a cloud and then nothing. It was a bright almost neon green light. It was quite large.

I happened to see it from Upper James and Fennel in Hamilton, Ontario. Couldn't get a photo as it was quite fast.

Brian Vike, Director KBCC UFO Research. Email: b_vike@telus.net

The Vike Factor Blog: https://canadaufo.blogspot.com/

KBCC UFO Research: www.kbccuforesearch.ca  www.kbccuforesearch.com

Disk UFO - Green Lights In a Circle With One Red Light Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  March 8, 2015
Time:  7:45 p.m.
 
Number of Objects: One.
Shape of Objects: Disk.
Colour of Object: Green lights in a circle with one red light

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I was driving west on King street W in Hamilton.

A low circular/disk shaped UFO flew overhead quite low.

Thank you to the witness for their report.

If anyone has had a UFO/UFOs sighting, please send me an email at sighting@telus.net or fill out the online UFO report form at http://sightings1.yolasite.com/ with details of what you saw. 

Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

Vike Factor Note: I do receive sighting reports from all over the world, and I post all of the reports I receive here: http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net or b_vike@telus.net

The Vike Factor -  Houston, British Columbia Centre For UFO Research. Canadian UFO Investigator Brian Vike.

Circle Of Green Lights Flying Low Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  March 8, 2015
Time:  Approximately 7:50 p.m.

Location of Sighting: Town/City/State/Province Hamilton, Ontario
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Circle.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: A circle of green lights with one red light flying very low.

If anyone has had a UFO/UFOs sighting, please send me an email at sighting@telus.net or fill out the online UFO report form at http://sightings1.yolasite.com/ with details of what you saw. 

Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

Vike Factor Note: I do receive sighting reports from all over the world, and I post all of the reports I receive here: http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net or b_vike@telus.net

The Vike Factor -  Houston, British Columbia Centre For UFO Research. Canadian UFO Investigator Brian Vike.

Circular UFO With Bright Lights Hovered Over The Trees At Hamilton Ontario

Date:  September 29, 2014
Time:  Approx: 9:20 p.m.

I saw something very similar to this last night, Monday September 29, 2014 around 9:20 p.m. I was driving on Twenty road (east mountain) and above trees in corn field I saw circular object with bright lights hovering above the trees.

One blinking light on front. No sound and didn't move. I drove off, but decided to turn around and go back 2 minutes later and the object had disappeared.

There are no street lights on this country road, and those lights don't exist there or from anything else.

If anyone has witnessed the light/object, please send me an email with details of what you saw. Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

If you care to report directly to a UFO investigator in Ontario, please contact Sue Demeter - St Clair at her email address admin@pararesearchers.org or fill out her reporting form here: http://psican.org/alpha/uforeporting.htm

Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: v_factor_paranormal@live.com or sighting@telus.net
The Vike Factor -  Houston, British Columbia Centre For UFO Research. Canadian UFO Investigator Brian Vike.

Round Object With Colors Of Clear Yellow To Green Seen From Hamilton Ontario

Date:  September 27, 2014
Time:  Between 4:00 a.m. to 5:20 a.m.

I live in Hamilton, Ontario and on September 27, 2014 at between 4:00 a.m. to 5:20 a.m. I seen an almost round shape in sky over east mountain area.

It had flashing lights that changed from clear, yellow to green also stayed in same place the whole time I watched it. Did anyone else see it ?

If anyone has witnessed the light/object, please send me an email with details of what you saw. Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

If you care to report directly to a UFO investigator in Ontario, please contact Sue Demeter - St Clair at her email address admin@pararesearchers.org or fill out her reporting form here: http://psican.org/alpha/uforeporting.htm

Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net or b_vike@telus.net
The Vike Factor -  Houston, British Columbia Centre For UFO Research. Canadian UFO Investigator Brian Vike.

Summer Of 2012 Orange Ball Of Light Seen Flying Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  Summer 2012
Time:  Evening.

I saw an orange ball last summer. I saw an orange shaped thing on Victoria day that was flying along the apartments near Concession street.

It was silent, but very big. I saw both on a fluke, I just happened to take the garbage out and looked up. My boyfriend saw the orange orb last summer with me.

He is jealous that I see them. No reports on either sighting. I'm still looking to the sky every night. Any feedback is appreciated.

The Factor Note: Seeing the sighting report came into me through the “Comments” section, I have no way of contacting the witnesses unless they leave an email for me to reply.

If anyone has witnessed the light/object, please send me an email with details of what you saw. Please remember to include the date and time and location. (Town/City – State or Province) and as much detail as possible.

If you care to report directly to a UFO investigator in Ontario, please contact Sue Demeter - St Clair at her email address admin@pararesearchers.org or fill out her reporting form here: http://psican.org/alpha/uforeporting.htm


Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net or b_vike@telus.net
The Vike Factor -  Houston, British Columbia Centre For UFO Research. Canadian UFO Investigator Brian Vike.

7 Unknown Lights Seen Flying Over Westdale In Hamilton Ontario Canada

 Date:  May 30, 2014
Time:  Evening.

I just saw 7 lights move from west to east from my balcony. The first 5 were fairly close together and then 2 more appeared shortly there after spread out by a minute or so.

Speed was very hard to determine, but there was no sound I could hear. I live in Westdale in Hamilton.

Did you ever figure out what they were?

Brian Vike.
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net
The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Large Bright Fireball Lit Up The Sky Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  Approx: December of 2007
Time:  Evening.

I remember being out in the street in Hamilton, Ontario one night around the same time. My father was talking to me and the sky lit up very bright and I saw a large fireball that seemed to be very low going by from south to north.

I was amazed that he kept talking to me and didn't comment on it. I then realized he thought it was the street lights coming on. I saw the street lights go off as the object passed and then come back on after.

I wonder about it for many years. There wasn't a big thing made of the event so I never pursued it, until I read the below account.

Vike Factor Note: The witness was referring to this sighting report: “Windsor, Ontario A Large Orange-Red Fireball Witnessed”http://canadaufo.blogspot.ca/2007/12/windsor-ontario-large-orange-red.html

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Orange Light Spotted Flying Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  January 8, 2013
Time:  9:30 p.m.

Number of witnesses: 1
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Orange light.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: I witnessed an orange light passing from South to North in the night sky over Hamilton. I'm not sure if it was a plane or not.

But the light shimmered a bit like a flame or Roman Candle.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

8 To 10 Orange Lights Hovering In The Sky Over The Hamilton Ontario Area

Date:  December 25, 2012
Time:  Approx: 10:00 p.m.

Around 10:00 p.m. this evening, Christmas evening, there were about 8-10 orange lights hovering in the air, at a great distance over Lake Ontario and seemed to float above the Hamilton area.

They were not moving (or if so, then very slowly), but they were flickering and then one by one they simply faded then vanished.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Green Light Flew Across The Sky Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  December 13, 2012
Time:  12:08 a.m.

Today is Thursday December 13, 2012 at 12:08 a.m. and I saw a green light fly across the sky in Hamilton Ontario.

It looked light a roman candle, but flew across the sky so could not have been.

I continued to watch the sky as I was in shock. Then at 12:39 a.m. I saw another one I posted on Facebook to see if anyone else saw it, but nobody commented, but I know I saw something.

My e-mail is (email removed) please tell me someone caught this either in a picture or video.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Very Bright White Lights Seen Toward Hamilton Ontario

Date:  Beginning of October 2012
Time:  Approx: 1:00 a.m.

Number of witnesses: 2
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Very bright white light.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: We were driving home from bingo down Hwy # 6 toward Hamilton. As I was driving I suddenly noticed the brightest white light I had ever seen, parallel to my car but travelling at least 200 miles per hour (I was travelling approx 60 - 65 miles per hour.

It was parallel to my car but approx. 30 feet in the air and disappeared behind some trees. I said to my friend, "Did you just see that?". She replied that she had.

I should mention that this was the third time I have seen this very same thing since I've lived in Hamilton for 31 years. My late husband and I saw the very same thing once when we were driving up Upper Ottawa Street and once travelling down Upper Ottawa Street and about one week apart.

I didn't bother to report same. I just figured I'd be told that I was losing it or it was something from the airport but I know that I saw a UFO and witnessed something that was not of this world for sure.

If anyone else has witnessed this, I would be very happy to hear about. Has anything like this ever been reported?

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Large Bright Red Lights Over Hamilton Mountain Ontario

Date: December 5, 2012
Time:  4:30 a.m.

Number of witnesses: 2
Number of Objects: 1
Shape of Objects: Circle.

Full Description of Event/Sighting: My boyfriend was driving me to work, heading down upper Paradise towards Rymal Road. There was a bright white light travelling east.

While we were stopped at the light waiting to turn, the object stopped and big bright red lights started flashing in a circular motion, while the red lights were flashing the white light was gone.

Then the object started moving again, the red lights were gone and the white light was back.

The object was travelling low and I had limited view because of the trees and houses. Then I lost sight of it at around Rymal and Wentworth. It was pretty exciting.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Bright Orange Colored Ball Of Light Over Dofasco Hamilton Ontario

Date:  September 1, 2012
Time:  Evening.

Was browsing for any other information on the orb over Dofasco last Saturday evening, and came across your email addy.

I was at a friends back porch on Saturday night with friends. Sitting and looking towards the skyway bridge and Dofasco. Through the branches of a tree noticed a bright orange ball in the sky.

Thought it was a tower light or smoke stack flare until I realized it was much higher in the sky. People at the table beside us noticed it too and said it looked like a plane on fire ( that's how bright it was!) 

It hovered moved slowly from south to north for a few minutes, then headed west at a slow pace and then went dim/disappeared in the distance.  My friend said, it was a weather balloon or Japanese lantern.  

No weather balloon glows like that, and only hits 2500 feet. Plus a Japanese lantern that high up would either be on fire and therefore descending while extinguishing, or show drippings from the amount of candles/torches needed to hit that altitude.

Sooner or later a lantern would burn out it would descend. Not drift off at the same altitude over a 10 minutes span with that intensity. This wasn't a glow, it was intense.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/

Orange Lights/Objects Seen By Many Over Hamilton Ontario

Date:  July 2012 and October 3, 2012
Time:  Approx: 7:00 p.m.

Hi, my husband and I have now seen strange orange things in the sky twice since July 2012. Last night while putting out the garbage around 7:00 p.m. our neighbour called over to us, " guys look up " and we all saw this strange orange thing going through the sky.

They then were stopping and suddenly shooting straight upwards. A teenage girl walking by said to me, she was freaked out.

However, my husband and I were more freaked out on July 1st this year, when we were up at our cottage in the Kawartha lake area. Around midnight a huge orange ball like shape went speeding through the sky above us at a rate of speed that I couldn't even explain.

It didn't change shape and went in a total straight line and stayed bright orange. I have never seen anything like this before and can't even begin to explain what it might be.

P. S: Our very good friend whom is a police officer and personal body guard for a well known politician has also seen three orange balls whilst standing on his porch, and it sounds like it may have been on the same night as the previous report that I just read on your website.

Something strange going on here in Hamilton Ontario.

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.

Also, please feel free to send in your sightings that have happened years ago. So many of these older sightings are nothing short of amazing.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

The Vike Factor 2 (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.ca/