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Sighting record / 1968

The Esquimalt Lights: R.F. Neal's Five-Object Photograph, Victoria 1968

September 29, 1968 · Over the naval base at Esquimalt, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
30Partially documented UAP Formation 12 sources 1 real photos

September 1968. Victoria, British Columbia. Hermanus Voorluys and Reginald Neal kept noticing a light at night over the naval base at Esquimalt. It never stayed the same. It changed colour, from blue to orange to red. It moved in spasmodic jerks above the base. Then they aimed a telephoto lens at it. On 29 September 1968, they got their picture. They were surprised by what it showed. The light was not one light at all. It was a formation of five objects. The two men reported it to the navy. A succession of interviews followed. No clear conclusion was ever reached.

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Context

Just west of downtown Victoria, British Columbia, lies Esquimalt. It is home to a Royal Canadian Navy base, known today as CFB Esquimalt. In September 1968, two Victoria residents began watching the sky above it.

Sources (12, most influential first)

  1. Victoria, BC Photo, 1968 · UFO*BC · Research organisation · org report
  2. UFO Investigation : Victoria, B.C. : Photo - R.F. Neal, 29 September 1968 · University of Ottawa Archives · Academic / paper of record · academic
  3. UFO Investigation : Victoria, B.C. : Photo - R.F. Neal, 29 September 1968 (mirror) · University of Ottawa Archives · Academic / paper of record · academic
  4. Arthur Bray fonds - file list · University of Ottawa Archives · Academic / paper of record · academic
  5. Arthur Bray fonds · University of Ottawa Archives · Academic / paper of record · academic