NUFORC Sighting 156297

Occurred: 2020-01-24 19:30 Local
Reported: 2020-05-06 14:55 Pacific
Duration: less than 2 hours
No of observers: 3

Location: Victoria (Canada), BC, Canada

Shape: Other
Characteristics: Lights on object, Emitted other objects, Landed

Multple sightings of slow-moving colored lights in night sky with one descent of red arced light to ground

I and other residents of the house have seen an odd light formation in the sky, to the south east of Portage Road (near Portage Inlet), north of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC.

First sighting was January 16, 2020, I think. Since then it's recurred on at least three occasions, most recently the 19th and 20th of February. Time was generally between 7.30 PM to just after 9 PM. Then again March 21 in the morning around 5.30 AM.

It looked like a bright star to the naked eye, but lower then a star; it drifted back and forth slowly, from east to further south. It seemed to be some distance away; it was framed behind a tall pine tree's upper branches and gradually moved from one side of the tree to the other very slowly, often over about 30 minutes before moving out of view.

It was not a star: Looking at it through binoculars, it seemed to resolve into a cluster of red, white and green lights spaced short distances apart, possibly in a triangular or oval shape. However, it was too far away to see details or estimate the actual distance of the object.

No sounds were audible.

The same area of sky, viewed in daylight, appears to be empty of buildings, utility poles or towers that might be illuminated at night.

Another family member saw on Feb 20th what appeared to be a bright white light banded by a curving oval swath of red light detach from the main star-like shape and descend in an arc earthwards in a space of 10-15 seconds, at which point the descending curved light disappeared. (The cluster of other colored lights remained in the sky for another hour or so). The descent may have taken place in the Colquitz Creek / Admirals Road/Cuthbert Holmes Park area.

Posted 2020-06-25