NUFORC Sighting 49989

Occurred: 1973-04-15 21:30 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2006-04-06 08:24 Pacific
Duration: 3hrs
No of observers: 2

Location: Cold Lake (Canada), AB, Canada

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object, Electrical or magnetic effects

Strange Lights Indeed Upon returning home on a beautiful spring evening, in the approximate year of 1973, rounding the corner to my country abode I saw 3 lights above the forest. It was evident that these lights were round in shape. The time was approximately 9:30pm - it was dark by now. The colour emanating from them was like bright headlights, white with a slight yellow hue, yet they were above the trees.

I am a mother of 6 children and of sound mind and character. I don’t make stuff up.

I live near a very large, deep and pristine lake in NE Alberta, Canada. My home is nestled in a forested area adjacent to one of the many bays of this lake, named Cold Lake. To the west of my home, approximately 4 miles, is the largest jet fighter Air Force Base in Canada. I am very used to and familiar with seeing and hearing these jet aircraft on a regular basis. What I witnessed this night was very different.

After a few minutes of gazing upon this anomaly, one of the lights sped away in a westward direction. Its take-off or acceleration was like nothing I had ever seen in a conventional aircraft, jet, helicopter, prop-plane, whatever. One could compare its take-off to the release of an arrow from a bow. Also, there was absolutely no sound. I would estimate their distance away from me at ½ mile or less. This left 2 lights still in place above the trees. Given the estimate of ½ mile distance away, the actual size of the lights would likely be somewhat larger than virtual headlights.

No structure, definition or appendage to the lights was visibly evident; it was a dark night.

Upon my arrival home, one block from my initial visual, my son, very excited, asked if I had noticed the lights above the trees over there? I responded with, "“yes", of course! We discussed the matter briefly, including the one that got away and decided to investigate further.

The lights were hovering over a marshy area. The water was lit up due to the proximity of these lights emitting upon it. The light would pulsate seemingly on a timed or regular basis. It is important to note that there are no roads where these lights appeared; the only road is the one to my house. I state this so that no one will have notions that they were motor vehicles; how could they be? At the time of this sighting we had 5 dogs. Don’t ask why, we just did. As the light decreased from full intensity to zero light or pulsated from normal to no light, the dog’s hair would stand straight up on their backs and they would bark, acting erratic in nature. When the light returned to normal the dog’s behaviour did too.

I said that my son and I were going to investigate further and so we did. At approximately 10:00pm we decided to drive around to the top of a nearby knoll hoping to get a better view. The lights were still visible but somehow appeared to have moved to a more distant location. We watched them (the 2 remaining lights) for about 10 minutes and then decided to go home. Upon attempting to start the car it was discovered that it was unable to turn over; it was "dead," so-to-speak - very uncharacteristic of this vehicle because the battery was new and maintained regularly. We supposed that somehow these lights had an effect on the operation of our car. So, we had to walk home.

As the evening progressed we would periodically look outside to see if the lights were still present. It was midnight when we finally went to bed and the lights continued in place.

I must say that the whole experience gave me what I would define as a spooky or unnerving sense of emotion. We returned to our car the next morning; it started without incident.

Strangely enough, I spoke to a neighbour about this event. Earlier in the evening, at about 7pm, he was travelling to his home and witnessed a light or lights travel immediately over his car at a high rate of speed. Perhaps these lights were related or of the same group.




NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD


Posted 2006-05-15

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