NUFORC Sighting 85530

Occurred: 2001-02-13 23:59 Local
Reported: 2011-11-28 04:21 Pacific
Duration: minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Courtenay (Canada), BC, Canada

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Single point of light moves silently at jet speeds at night in a clear sky.

Late on March 13 2001, time uncertain, midnight or after (which would be March 14) Vancouver Island between Campbell River and Courtenay is Oyster River.

Google maps shows a label called Oyster Pond.

Using "Oyster Pond, BC" in google map will show this location. Salmon Point Resort RV Park and Marina will be around 1500-2000 feet north up the beach from Oyster Pond, BC I was near or perhaps as much as 200 meters south along the beach from Oyster Pond.

I was standing facing west, facing the ocean. The sky was a clear night sky.

A light, very bright in apparent magnitude, entered my field of view from behind me on my right, almost above me. On the instant I thought it was a meteor. In the next instant I would've interpreted it as a light of apparent magnitude like Venus streaking towards the east.

For most of my observation it seemed like a star moving and dimming in apparent magnitude as it moved away from me across the Georgia Straight until it was too dim to keep track of.

I could not determine an elevation or speed other than to suggest it was moving jet speed but without making a sound. The initial rate of angular change would suggest the light flew near me because if it was a mile high or more it would've been moving thousands of miles/hour.

I could hear and see a small plane in the sky as well perhaps a mile south of me, and I bet the pilot of that plane had a nice view! I hope this description is reasonable considering it's been 10 1/2 years since I saw it and the details of the exact time are not remembered. I was a physics & astronomy student in 1997/98 so I am pretty darn sure this was a UFO.

Posted 2011-12-12