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Sighting record / 1970

The Cowichan District Hospital UFO (the Duncan Incident)

January 1, 1970 · Cowichan District Hospital, Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
23Thinly documented UAP Disc / saucer 28 sources

New Year's Day, 1970. Before dawn at Cowichan District Hospital in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, practical nurse Doreen Kendall opened the curtains of an upper-floor ward. Outside the window hung a saucer about 50 feet across. It was lit from below. On top sat a glass-like dome. Inside stood two tall figures in dark, tight-fitting suits, before a panel of instruments. One slowly turned toward her. The other reached for a lever. The craft tilted, spun, and slipped silently away. Other nurses saw its lights leave. An RCMP officer could not explain it. Fifty-three years later, the Royal Canadian Mint put the scene on a coin. Within days, two local residents said it had been a party balloon.

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Sources (28, most influential first)

  1. UFO encounter at Duncan hospital depicted on Canadian coin · Times Colonist· 2023 · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. Duncan UFO sighting depicted in new coin was a party trick · North Shore News· 2023 · Press, book, documentary · news
  3. Canada's Unexplained Phenomena: The Duncan Incident · Royal Canadian Mint· 2023 · Official document · other
  4. A 1970 UFO and occupant report from British Columbia explained · Podcast UFO (Charles Lear)· 2023-11 · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog
  5. Daily Colonist, 11 March 1977 · Patrick Gross· 1977-03-11 · Research organisation · news