Notice To The Vike Factor Visitors (From Brian Vike)

 

I am going to be out of town for well over a week, so there won’t be any new posting of sighting reports until I come back home. There will be people here at home, it is just myself who will be away.

 

Thank you, and please keep sending in the sighting reports as I will reply when I arrive back home. I should add, if you have had a Meteor/Fireball sighting, please file a detailed report on this as well. This information is helping me and many others as well.

 

I would like to extend my many thanks to everyone who has filed a sighting report to me here in the month of January. It has been the busiest month ever for myself.

 

There have been “445” sightings that have been posted to the Vike Factor in January alone. This is a new record. :)

 

Also, I did a rough count for the reports I have not posted as of yet, and there is approximately another “90” reports that have not been posted, that I will get to when I arrive back home.

 

I would like to also thank the two fellows who have been posting most of the material to the blog, couldn’t do any of this without them.

 

Take care

Brian Vike

 sighting@telus.net or star.gazer@telus.net

Glowing Fireball/Lights Over Halifax Nova Scotia

 

Date:  January 26, 2012

Time:  Approx: 9:30 p.m.

 

It sounds like a lot of folks witnessed an object/fireball over Halifax, Nova Scotia on Thursday January 26, 2012.

 

If you did see this, would you be kind enough to email me a detailed report to Brian Vike at sighting@telus.net.

 

Thank you very much

Brian

Ball Of Light Seen Over Surrey British Columbia

 

Date:  January 26, 2012

Time:  Evening.

 

I just wanted to report what might have been a 2nd UFO sighting in Surrey, British Columbia. I'm not sure if your from there or who we can report the sighting to here closer to us if your not. I do prefer we are to remain anonymous.

 

But we have seen the same exact ball of light twice appearing in the same spot now within a week in Jan 2012 and we are curious if anyone else have seen the same ball of light as we have?

 

It appeared to us twice in the formed shape of a very 'bright' almost like a star ball hovering just below the clouds and very large seen in Surrey, and appearing to have hovered for nearly an hour and suddenly moving in the direction of New Westminster, B.C.

 

It was not a plane or a helicopter for a helicopter did pass right over it in the direction of the Vancouver area which was the same direction the UFO eventually went. It was a solid physical object that looked very much like a star, but it was not likely a fallen star and was very low to earth just observing.

 

We managed to take a couple pictures of it from a cell phone. I did take a recording of it as well from my own phone, but when we went to check on the recording moments later, they were no where to be found throughout any files on my phone and I know I did not delete them.

 

The 1st sighting we had saw this was January 22nd 2012 in the later evening. I did check YouTube to see if anyone else had recorded it as well, or might have seen it out of curiosity hoping we couldn't have been the only people that had seen this obvious sighting hovering above Surrey BC these two times so far.

 

The last one we had just witnessed the same sighting last night appearing in the same exact area, this was on January 26th 2012 also around the same time in the later evening. 

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Amber Colored Object/Light Filmed Over Red Deer Alberta

 

Date:  January 25, 2012

Time:  Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

 

It was Wednesday, January 25th between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. My sister and I were going to meet some friends for wings. I live in the Lancaster area and I looked to the southwest and noticed the crescent moon.

 

Above that I noticed an amber ball of light that looked sky high, not space high.

 

It moved smoothly, horizontally and to the east. It was absolutely silent and graceful. As you can see the whole thing took like 2 minutes. I just want to know what it was.

 

To view the video footage: (some language in the film, maybe not great for little ones)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8d7wzUXSvg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

This is what I saw. It looked amber in color. Completely silent. What is it?

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

3 Silver Grey UFOs Seen Over Winona Ontario

 

Date:  January 22, 2012

Time:  12:34 p.m.

 

My wife and I seen 3 UFO ship's on Friday January 22, 2012 in Winona, Ontario right past the railroad tracks facing that big long tall hill at 12:34 p.m.

 

They were all silver/light grey in color moving very slowly towards the big hill.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

UFOs Or Paper Lanterns ?

 

By Jennifer Lang - Cloverdale Reporter
Published: January 25, 2012 6:00 a.m.

 

Was it a practice run for the Mayan calendar prediction? Was it E.T. phoning home?

Or was it a group of illuminated, floating paper lanterns, released into the skies over Cloverdale by some celebrant who got carried away by the spirit of the season?

To read the entire article, please visit the Cloverdale Reporter’s newspaper website at: http://www.cloverdalereporter.com/news/138008863.html

Three To Five White Objects Chasing One Another Over South Oshawa Ontario (Search Lights)

 

Date:  January 21, 2012

Time:  Just past midnight.

 

Vike Factor Note: The witnesses son had told his Mom that what was seen were search lights. This was really great that they still did let me know as it helps out a lot.

 

Sorry, the last comment was a little lacking in detail. Three to five white orbs chasing each other, occasionally converging. Thought at first it was searchlights reflecting off the clouds, but they don't move like searchlights.

 

Look more like orbs moving within the clouds. This is in Oshawa, to the south-east (or maybe just the south). I've been watching for close to half an hour. Publishing as anonymous 'cause I can't figure this thing out.

 

Additional Information:

 

Just after midnight, January 21st, 2012. After I posted, my son saw the lights, informed me that it was spotlights from some club in south Oshawa. Says they've been there for years. So, another embarrassing moment for Mom. Oh, well. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, though.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Matte Black UFO Performing Maneuvers In And Out Of The Clouds At West Kelowna British Columbia

 

Date:  January 22, 2012

Time:  Morning/daytime.

 

Hi Brian, I found you online right after this occurred. Sunday morning I took my dog out to do her business in the field beside our condo in West Kelowna. On the way back these two older fellows in their  70's, I would imagine called me across the street and said "young fella come over here" (keep in mind I am 43 years old).

 

Anyways, they pointed up at the sky which was overcast and grey and asked me to see what I could make of an object there. It was very far away and high and at first glance looked like a helicopter, all matte black performing maneuvers, but there way no sound and some of it’s movements we're unnatural to a helicopter.

 

The one guy said he was in the service and that was no helicopter, and after 15 minutes he said he was going to go get his binoculars. The object looked like two black balloons tethered together by a cable, one larger than the other. The movement was strange, but also fluid and it disappeared at times into the clouds.

 

This object was very high up and though you suppose it could have been weather balloons of some kind, it was not kids balloons. You could see how fast the clouds were moving and it was at their altitude, but stationary in respect to them. Suppose it could have also been a remote controlled object, but again it was pretty high up for that.

 

As in a km at least. Well that's all I have and I am one skeptical guy until I have proof. I just cannot explain what I saw.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Bright Orange Ball Of Light Seen From Toronto Ontario

 

Date:  January 21, 2012

Time:  Between 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

 

Vike Factor Note: I was not the person who saw an orange object as the witness thinks, it would have been someone else who had a similar sighting.

 

Hi Brian, my name is (name removed) I live in Toronto, Ontario. On January 21st 2012, anywhere between 9:30-10:30 pm. I was outside a friends place who lives at Place Pier which is down by lake Ontario.

Anyhow I was outside when this bright orange ball (which is how I describe it) at first I thought it was a plane on fire from the island airport.

It is called the Porter Airport, but the ball kept coming from the SE and travelled to the NW where it just stayed there and got smaller and smaller until it was gone. It was like it just burnt out. Just a FYI, I did call all the people at the dinner party and two people came out.

The first one saw the orange ball on fire moving and the second person saw as it came to a stop and faded away. I have seen many things in the sky, some explainable and some not, but this is the most puzzling.

I thought at first a plane, or maybe something they were dropping, or a meteor, but that already came at the beginning of January.

My last thought is some government test because that is always possible, but like I said I am very confused about this orange ball, and since you seen the same thing I am emailing you. Thanks for your time

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Loss Of Time From Princeton To Chilliwack British Columbia

 

Date:  1960 (give or take a year)

Time:  After midnight.

 

Hi Brian, was just reading about the woman who was missing time or the memory of driving to get her kids.

 

Back about 1960 give or take a year. I was driving back to Vancouver from Penticton. It was after midnight, there was no traffic so as per usual in those days I was cruising about along doing about 80 mph. or 130 kph.

 

I saw a sign saying you are entering Princeton the next thing I knew I was on the Freeway near Chilliwack still doing about 80 mph. I've always just assumed I fell asleep and some how drove about 100 miles over the top of the mountains. At the time I never thought to check my watch.

Several months later I made the same trip and once again slept coming over the Hope/Princeton, but I can vaguely recall myself driving from one side of the highway to the other, each time my wheels dropped of the road I'd automatically turn the steering and continue until the wheels dropped of the other edge, I remember waking up near Hope.

 

I don't remember opening my eyes even once coming over the mountain, just drove by feel. Lucky for me and everyone else there was apparently no other traffic.

 

About 1964 a friend of mine asked me to come with him on a drive to just south of Seattle. I had been working all night and was really tired so figured I'd sleep all the way there. We crossed the border and I started to settle down for a nap.

 

Then I made the mistake of looking at my friend. To my horror he was sound asleep. Instantly I was wide awake. I stayed awake right to our destination. Believe it or not, but not once did he open his eyes.

 

We would overtake other vehicles and he would change lanes, pass then return to the right lane. He didn't open his eyes until after we had stopped at our destination.

 

When we got home I told his wife what had happened, she said, it used to scare her when they first got married and he went to sleep. But now she just went to sleep herself.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Red Light Rises From Glenmore Reservoir At The Outskirts Of Calgary Alberta

 

Date:  2000

Time:  Evening.

 

I’m in a reserve just on the outskirts of Calgary, Alberta and back in 2000 I was just glancing out my window (high rise) and saw a red light rise from the Glenmore reservoir area, then fly into the sky.

 

I’d say it was about the size of maybe a helicopter, it was pretty amazing!

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Red Beams Of Light Seen Over Sarnia Ontario

 

Date:  January 20, 2012

Time:  Evening.

 

Vike Factor Note: I am not 100% sure what the cause of this was, but there were strong solar activity around this time and this might be the northern lights.

 

Tonight is January 20, 2012 and in Sarnia, Ontario in the east end of Sarnia, me and my brother are walking north on Indian Road and seen a series of reddish beams coming down from the sky in all directions. Scary !

 

I can see a laser beam or two coming down from what seems to be absolutely nothing, but clear skies. I don’t know if anyone else has seen these, but they are out there as I speak. I’m at the corner of Indian and Wellington and the beam is around Landsdowne Park.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Silver Capsule Shaped UFO Seen Hovering From River Road Delta British Columbia

 

Date:  Mid June 2008

Time:  6:00 a.m.

 

Number of witnesses: 2

Number of Objects: 1

Shape of Objects: Capsule.

 

Full Description of Event/Sighting: My husband and I were travelling from Surrey, B.C. to Ladner, B.C. on local transit via river road at approximately 5:45 a.m. in the month of June.

 

The weather was clear, no clouds and sun was beginning to rise. This area nearing Ladner is a rural route and is mostly farms so you have a very good view with no obstacles to mislead you.

 

I happen to be looking out the window at Mount Baker in the distance and noticed the sunrise and an object sitting stationary in the sky. It was silver, it was a capsule shape which was large even from the distance we were viewing it.

 

You could tell it was metallic and a solid form as the sun was reflecting off of it. I nudged my husband who also began viewing it. We watched it sit in the same spot for about 5 or more minutes and then lost sight due to bus route and tall trees.

 

Within a few minutes we came to an area where we had clear vision and the object was gone. This was not a weather balloon, it was not a blimp, this was not an aircraft and we have no aircraft testing sites anywhere near here.

 

It was not simply a reflection of the sun, you could clearly see a solid defined metal capsule shaped object standing mid air. Also there were no lights coming from the object. It was about 1 mile away and approximately 1000 feet up.

 

We travel this route often at the same time and at other times during the day, we have never again seen anything like what we had spotted that morning.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

British Columbia's Radio Scanning Community (Listen In For Anything Unusual - UFOs)

 

You can monitor the Vancouver, B.C. Tower, Arrivals/Approach and Departures, Fire and Rescue, Police, Fire and Ambulance and other areas of interest for British Columbia.

 

The reason why I have posted this, is to let you know I have been monitoring Scan B.C. online scanners for anything unusual that might take place over the province of British Columbia.

 

You can do the same by going to the following link provided here: http://www.scanbc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

Brian Vike – The Vike Factor.

sighting@telus.net

Hovering Large Green Glowing Sphere Over Cold Lake Alberta

 

Date:  Summer of 2011

Time:  Between 1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.

 

Hi, my name (name removed) and I’m from Cold Lake, Alberta. Last summer I worked nights and after work I would go running for a couple hours every night.

 

Well on one of these nights I stopped to have a smoke around 1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m., I’m not sure the exact date, but I remember it was during the radio broadcast of Coast to Coast AM.

 

Any way I stopped and was looking at my I-phone then I just looked up and to the horizon and across a dark field hovering over the tree line was a large green glowing sphere.

 

As soon as I looked at it, it went back up behind the tree line (which is where the residential area behind the Tri City Mall starts) and went straight down. 

 

I could see it casting shadows through the trees. I was standing approximately a kilometer from the object, I immediately opened up the camera app on my I-phone to record it, thinking it would pop back up from behind the tree line since there are houses right there. 

 

I sat and recorded that area of the horizon for a couple minutes before I realized it wasn't coming back up. In the area I was standing, was behind the newly constructed catholic elementary school. 

 

I think it’s called the Holy Cross and the tree line I’m referring too is across a field to the north.

 

The object seem to be aware that I was observing it since it was stationary until I saw it. I've never seen anything like that before. It seems to have gone straight down into the ground without effecting the houses in any way.

 

I heard it could be a native spirit as this area was occupied and still is by many different native peoples. It would be hard to estimate the size of the sphere from where I was.

 

If I were to walk a straight line to the trees, it would be less than a kilometer, but unfortunately that area is filled with a marsh since the small lake dried up in the 1970's.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Yellow Colored Object Changes To A Dull Orange Over Chatsworth Ontario

 

Date:  January 15, 2012

Time:  Approx:7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

 

I believe we may have saw the same UFO identified in the "Pillar of light observed over Edmonton Alberta"

 

I was looking out the window when I saw something out of the corner of my eye, so I looked. At first I thought it was just a star, but then I realized it had 3 lights directly beside each other and over time I discovered that it seemed to be moving closer.

 

So myself and a family member both saw it and we knew we weren't imagining things. Just to make sure we took a camera and took some pictures, they weren't very good pictures, but they proved it was there.

 

We took the pictures outside, then went back in. When we got to the window again it was moving backwards and as I am writing it is still slowly disappearing. 

 

It was at first a bright yellow and as it's leaving, I noted it was a very dull orange. We searched UFO's because I wanted to know if anyone else had seen something like it.

 

It may have been just a satellite, but I think not. I have a reason for this. When we were looking over the pictures we noticed that the dog had orange demon like eyes, and as the dogs owner said, she'd never had them before in any pictures.

 

It was approximately 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

I hope I covered everything you need to know. and I hope you know what happened to the dog.

 

Additional Information:

 

The date was Sunday January 15, 2012 about 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (ish). We were just on the far side of Chatsworth. As for the pictures, I don't know about that.

 

See they weren't very good, I told my cousin to use her camera and well, she's defiantly not professional. I probably can still send them, but as to their quality, don’t be harsh they were taken by and 11 year old.

 

I probably should've done it, but she wouldn't let me touch her camera. I can probably get them to you this weekend if not before. I will try and Photoshop them to circle our object so it makes sense.

 

Also you should pay attention to the dogs eyes, in the one. It’s very odd.

To be honest if I hadn’t known my cousin and I were on the second story, and looking out over trees I would've thought it to be a street light and not paid any attention to it.

 

But I knew something weird was going on, something just kept drawing me to her window. Which staring out of a window isn’t normally my cup of tea.

Anyway I hope this information helps.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Object Looked Like The Sun And Seen Over Campbell's Hill Midland Ontario

 

Date:  Somewhere around Winter 2009 ?

Time:  Midday.

 

It was years ago me and my friend were snowboarding at Campbell's Hill in Midland, Ontario beside the rec center. I got to the bottom, turned around to go up the hill again and noticed what looked like 2 suns.

 

One was actually the sun the other moved very smoothly and slowly over head turning slightly and hovered above for about 2 minutes after taking 5-10 minutes to slowly cross the sky.

 

It was years ago, but me and my friend can remember it like it just happened.

 

Also around the same time of year I also seen strange lights in a few different colors spinning around something they seem to come down in a farmers field near balm beach in the concessions.

 

I watched it fly away as I drove my car closer to the area where it appeared to hover.

 

I remember seeing a big light on a farmers barn blink as the lights got closer then became fine again as the lights got further away.

 

The lights appeared to have one light shining straight towards the ground, but because the other light were so intense in the night sky it was hard to tell whether or not there actually was.

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Bright Object Fades Away And Disappears Over Peterborough Ontario

 

Date:  Summer 2010

Time:  Evening.

 

I seen a UFO in Peterborough in the Summer of 2010 on my brothers balcony at city center. I looked up in the north sky at this star on a clear night.

 

It was really bright when the light faded, it was gone. There were no clouds or anything, it was just gone and all the stars around the light I was focusing on, were still clearly visible.

 

It was like the UFO took off into space, not to the left or to the right, but straight away from my eye or it just faded out. I saw it for 15-30 seconds before it disappeared. 

 

I didn’t show my brother, because I thought it was just a star.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Round Glowing Ball Of Light With Tail Over Creemore Ontario

 

Date:  January 17, 2012

Time:  11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

 

Hi there, my boyfriend and I saw very similar sighting just outside Creemore, Ontario this Sunday night. My father lives at the top of Lavender Hill road we were in a hot tub outside and I was looking east over the horizon sometime between 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. 

 

I saw a perfect round glowing ball with a long tail moving north very, very fast. We are thinking about 1500-2000 miles an hour, or three times as fast as airliner.

 

I said to my boyfriend, what the hell is that! Look what he hell is that ? Very strange.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

3 Red Lights Formed A Triangle Over Antigonish Nova Scotia

 

Date:  January 17, 2012

Time:  Approx: 10:45 p.m.

 

Tonight at approximately 10:45 p.m. I went outside and up in the sky were 3 red lights. They were in a row, then the middle one moved up to form a triangle.

 

We watched for a minute or so,then they disappeared. There was no sound. I live in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Lights Crossing One Another Over Barrie Ontario

 

Date:  January 1, 2012

Time:  After midnight

 

We saw the lights as we were going to go downtown and see the fireworks at midnight. Because I can't sit in the car or stand on the cold ground for long periods, we decide not to go and I went to the car to lock the doors again.

 

I saw lights cris-crossing each other like search lights coming from around Bayfield and 400 area. They remained there for more than 20 minutes and I called my wife to tell her there were indeed lights works if not fireworks in the sky.

 

She came out in her slippers and had a quick look and we again discussed driving in that direction to get a closer look. She said she didn't think we should go and went inside and I followed her in.

About 20 minutes later, curiosity got the best of me and I went out to have another look and they were still cris-crossing each other like search lights so we thought somebody on Bayfield was promoting a sale or something on Bayfield and rented search lights.

 

They were still there when we went inside again about 1:00 am.

We're on Browning Trail close to Leacock.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Large Silver Object Starts Glowing Red And Green Over Mattawa Ontario

 

Date:  January 15, 2012

Time: Evening.

 

Hi, last night I witnessed the same thing you described. It started off as a big silver thing in the sky. It was night, so at first I thought it was a star, but it got brighter and brighter.

 

It then started glowing red and green. I watched for about ten minutes.

 

Then it glowed bright orange and length wise and no longer like a ball. Then it disappeared. It reappeared a few minutes later a bit further away, stayed about five minutes then disappeared for good.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Shaft Of Orange Light Seen In The Sky Over Edmonton Alberta (Case Solved – Light Pillar Ice Crystals)

 

Posted:  January 16, 2012 

 

Vike Factor Note: Recently a number of sighting reports came from folks who reside in Edmonton, Alberta. People reported seeing a strange vertical bright orange beam of light in the sky over Edmonton Alberta.

 

I wasn’t sure what the people were/had seen so I started looking around the internet to see if there was a reasonable explanation for what was observed.

 

For me, two ideas came up, one thought was that people may have seen an “Aurora/Northern Lights” and the other possibly was a “Light Pillar”.

 

After researching a little more, I found that the “Light Pillar” was going to make more sense as to the cause for this sighting that took place on January 11, 2012 at approximately 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

 

I therefore, wrote an email to the TELUS World of Science – Edmonton, Alberta and the Edmonton Sun newspaper. I was hoping one or both parties might be able to help in solving this mystery.

 

First thing Monday morning I received a nice response from Mr. Frank Florian B.Sc., B.Ed from the TELUS World of Science and he confirmed my thoughts on the light as being, a “Pillar of Light”

 

Below is Mr. Frank Florian’s reply to me:

 

Hi Brian, you are correct in your assumption that the effect of the vertical shaft of light was due to ice crystals.  We just had a cold front move into the Edmonton area bringing temperatures down to below -20 Celcius and many individuals saw various atmospheric effects from the ice crystals that formed in the air, everything from Sun pillars and Parry Arcs during the day to light pillars off street lights and other bright light sources in the evening. 

Here is an email I received from a fellow Royal Astronomical of Canada (RASC) Edmonton Centre member who took a photograph of a Sun pillar and Parry arc with a website that describes the phenomenon:

Vike Factor Note: Here is the website address, but I have not included the photo.

Member of the Royal Astronomical of Canada (RASC) comment: I took this at 4:06 January 15, 2012. Sun pillar capped with a Parry arc. More about Parry arcs here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parry1.htm

Also below, is another sighting report on the vertical light with photos an eye witness filmed.

Pillar Of Light Filmed Over Edmonton Alberta (Pictures)

 

Date:  January 11, 2012

Time:  Approx: 11:30 p.m.

 

Number of witnesses: 2

Number of Objects: 1

 

Full Description of Event/Sighting: Orange vertical light in sky, looked like the sky was opening up. It was really bright, almost pulsating. Too big to be a ship I think, but it was defiantly unexplainable at least to me.

 

I took two pictures, but they are really grainy as my camera is not made for night time. The two pictures are © 2012 Steven Townsend.

 

Below are some website links that explain what causes this light effect:

 

Towering Shafts of Light

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf126/sf126p07.htm

 

Scientists Left Baffled as Mysterious Columns of Colored Light Appear in the Night Sky. (Amazing Photos)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1117264/Beam-Scientists-left-baffled-mysterious-columns-coloured-light-appear-night-skies.html

 

Also here is a link to YouTube where an eyewitness shot some video tape of the sighting over Edmonton, Alberta on January 11, 2012 the Pillar of Light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YVzLzTlVE

 

Below are some of the other reports that were filed to me.

 

Edmonton Alberta - More Witnesses To Vertical Orange Beam Of Light

http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/edmonton-alberta-more-witnesses-to.html

 

Peculiar Vertical Bright Orange Beam Of Light In The Sky Over Edmonton Alberta

http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/peculiar-vertical-bright-orange-beam-of.html

 

Vertical Orange Beam Of Light Seen From Edmonton Alberta

http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/vertical-orange-beam-of-light-seen-from.html

 

Pillar Of Light Observed Over Edmonton Alberta

http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/pillar-of-light-observed-over-edmonton.html

 

I would like to thank all of the people who sent in their sighting reports, and also my thanks to Mr. Frank Florian’s for his kind and very helpful email.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Black Oval Shaped Object Over Tecumseh Ontario

 

Date:  April 7, 2011

Time:  8:15 p.m.

 

Number of witnesses: 2

Number of Objects: 1

Shape of Objects: Long and flat.

 

Full Description of Event/Sighting: We were driving down county road 22 when we were going by a small industrial area and we looked up and to the north and saw this black oval shaped object. It seemed really flat and thin with one light flashing in the front.

 

I called my girlfriend back at her place to see if she could see anything from Windsor, Ontario, she said she couldn't see a thing.

 

It must be too far off, but what she did notice was a bunch of planes that seem to have just turned away from that direction and were flying faster then normal, moving south west.

 

To me this is something. What we just don't know.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Huge Fireball Falling Out Of The Sky Over Trout Creek Between Summerland And Penticton British Columbia

 

Date:  January 10, 2012

Time:  Approx: 8:50 p.m.

 

Hi Brian, I saw your website when I Googled "fireball January 10th"

I live in Trout Creek (between Summerland & Penticton), and I witnessed a huge fireball dropping down towards Okanagan Mountain Park at approx. 8:50 p.m. on January 10th, 2012. I didn't see anything in the news, that's why I Googled to see if anyone else saw it. 

 

I know we just finished with a meteor shower, so I thought it was from that. Let me know if you hear anything else about it. Thanks.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

4 Red Colored Lights Seen Flying Over Barrie Ontario

 

Date:  January 1, 2012

Time:  After midnight.

 

I too saw the reddish lights over the bay in Barrie, Ontario from my house. I seen 4 in a diamond shape and then one went out. At that time my dad was downtown and he seen a black round object go over his head, about 2 minutes later. 

 

I seen one more go, then soon after that I seen one more.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Pillar Of Light Observed Over Edmonton Alberta

 

Date:  January 11, 2012

Time:  Between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

 

We saw it too in downtown Edmonton and texted our friend to look too. We got video and photos as well but I don't think they turned out very well. We thought maybe it was a single northern light, but it didn't wave, just pulsated.

 

At first it was very bright red, then slowly faded into bright orange, then faded away in time.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Large Bright Red Object Stops And Changes Direction Over Peachland Okanagan Valley British Columbia

 

Date:  January 11, 2012

Time:  9:05 p.m.

 

Location of Sighting: Peachland - OK Mtn Park/Rattlesnake Is.

Number of witnesses: 2

Number of Objects: 1

Shape of Objects: Nondescript night sighting.

 

Full Description of Event/Sighting: Big and bright, red non-flashing light flying lower than a small aircraft would fly. It was seen by us in Peachland. It moved ever so slowly and stopped, changed directions for a few seconds and stopped again before flying east over OK Mountain Park.

 

No sound, blue and white smaller lights sometimes visible. First time seeing this type of UFO, but I see others have witnessed something similar in this area. Thanks.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Cluster Of Around 12 Strange Lights Seen Over Cloverdale British Columbia

 

Date:  December 22, 2011

Time:  Evening.

 

Brian, on the evening of December 22, 2011 my husband and I were up late wrapping Christmas presents (no we were not drinking either!) when he got up to let our dogs out. He started yelling for me to come outside and "see this".

 

We stood in our backyard facing south near 64th and 168th Street in Cloverdale and watched a cluster of strange lights travel across the sky. I could see at least a dozen at one point. They came from the east and slowly moved west.

 

We watched them for two or three minutes. The clouds were low lying that evening, so we knew that whatever was in the sky was flying low, but strangely enough we heard nothing. There was silence.

 

We live close to the flight path and frequently hear planes on their way to and from YVR, even when we cannot see the lights of those aircraft, we can hear them.

The lights were too close together to be planes or helicopters. It was eerie to say the least and I wanted to notify someone, but thought I would sound like a lunatic to the authorities. It was strange enough for me to tell a few people to the next day, but no one I spoke with had seen it.

 

If I had been alone I would have thought I had been seeing things. I was relieved to see the sighting in the paper yesterday, but it still leaves me with an uneasy feeling. Up until that night, I would not have believed in UFO's, but I feel nothing else describes it.

 

My husband has suggested that it was a practice run for next years Mayan Calendar prediction. I guess only time will tell.

A Cloverdale BC Resident.

 

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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Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Silent Round Bright Orange Object Flew Over Edmonton Alberta

 

Date:  January 6, 2012

Time:  Approx: 10:30 p.m.

 

On January 6th, 2012 at around 10:30 p.m. I saw a round bright orange object coming from the west travelling east, slowly gliding through the sky. It was not as high as an airplane nor helicopter, there was no sound as it passed by my house just to the north a bit.

 

I have absolutely no idea what this was as I’ve never seen it before. Would be interesting to find out just what was this ?

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Edmonton Alberta - More Witnesses To Orange Vertical Beam Of Light

 

Date:  January 11, 2012

Time:  Approx: 11:15 p.m.

 

Yes, we have witnessed the same thing, I tried to get it on my cell, but wouldn’t record because it’s just not the same as using a high tech camera. I immediately notified a few people and they too said yes they can see it.

 

The light seemed to pulsate then slowly turned from orange to white then faded away.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Peculiar Vertical Bright Orange Beam Of Light In The Sky Over Edmonton Alberta

 

Date:  January 11, 2012

Time:  Approx: 11:15 p.m.

 

Vike Factor Note: This strange occurrence was seen by another person who filed a report on the sighting: “Vertical Orange Beam Of Light Seen From Edmonton Alberta” http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/vertical-orange-beam-of-light-seen-from.html

 

Hello Brian, this week on Wednesday January 11th, 2012 I witnessed a very peculiar orange beam of light in the sky. At about a 11:15 p.m. a few friends and myself were driving back home from west Edmonton Mall, when my girlfriend in the passenger seat excitedly pointed something out.

 

When I looked into the sky, I saw a large beam of very bright orange light pointing nearly vertically into the sky. At first I thought It was an illusion of one of the lights on the road reflecting off the car window, as the light had the same vibrant orange glow, but as we drove it didn't seem to move from it's place, and would slightly dim and then grow bright again.

 

We watched it the whole way home, and then I stood on my back deck at my home and watched until either it faded out too much to see, or the city lights and haze in the distance blocked it out. I wasn't able to see it any longer by 11:45 p.m.

 

It was the strangest thing, I've ever seen a light like that in the sky before, and I do quite a bit of star watching. It seemed to have no origin, the beam of light wasn't coming from the ground up, it was just a small streak in the sky. 

 

I really had hoped others aside from us in the car had seen this, and was fortunate enough to find your blog with the entry of the couple witnessing the same thing on the same night. I left a comment, but decided I should contact you with my whole sighting anyways. Thanks.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

3 Orange Lights Observed Flying In The Sky Over Surrey British Columbia

 

Date:  December 22 or 23, 2011

Time:  Between 11:00 p.m. and midnight.

 

 

I live 2 blocks south of 60th and 181st and was getting ready for bed a couple of nights before Christmas.

 

I looked south out of my bedroom window to see if there might be any snow and saw 3 little oranges light moving very slowly, one at a time, very high in the sky.

 

The first one moved toward my house location, seemed to stop, made a 90 degree right turn and moved east. The second and third followed the same pattern.

 

I dragged my 17 year old son outside onto the deck to watch, and he thought they definitely were not airplanes, especially given the extreme right turn they each made.

 

There are very large evergreen trees blocking part of the southern sky for us, so I didn't wait around to see if there are more.

 

They moved very slowly east, but it was too cold to stand outside watching so we went back in.

 

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.

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

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/