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UFO. Canada

ID #1575647381
Added Fri, 06/12/2019
Author July N.
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Phenomena
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Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
11.12.1966
Location: 
озеро Фокс
Кармакс, Пелли-Кроссинг, YT
Canada

*To preserve anonymity, the identity of the witness was designed by "code names", consisting of the following format. For those witnesses who observed the UFO near Fox lake, was given the code names of witnesses: FOX1, FOX2, FOX3..., for those who near Carmaxcom: CRM1, CRM2 , CRM3..., and for those near Pelly crossing: PEL1, PEL2, PEL3... etc.

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The following is a summary that can be drawn from complex event 22 witnesses and to preserve a significant part of the impact and scale of the incident. More detailed descriptions and colorful quotes from witnesses can be found in the testimony of individual witnesses.

Witnesses FOX2 and FOX3 were driving together from Whitehorse to Karmaks on two different vehicles. As they drove North on the Klondike highway adjacent to Fox lake, they found a huge UFO over the frozen lake.

Fox lake is on the West side of the highway.

They both hit the brakes, stopping at a distance of about 570 metres (1870 feet) from each other. FOX2 got out of his car for better observation. The UFO began to slowly drift towards FOX2, and after a few minutes he was almost directly under the object! FOX3 continued to watch his cousin FOX2. Both men are very scared! UFO continued to move slowly across the highway and over the hill to the East and eventually disappeared behind it. Immediately after FOX3 noted that the time was 20:30.

At the same time when FOX2 and FOX3 were observing the UFO move across the lake, FOX4 and FOX5 were approaching the southern tip of Fox lake also heading North. They saw a huge row, or rows of lights slowly moving across the lake. There were other lights on the UFO and around it.

Their first thought was that it was a big truck in the distance, but it couldn't be, it was over the lake. Their next thought was that the Boeing 747 was an emergency landing. But this could not be, he was moving too slowly to be a plane.

It took them about 2 seconds to process these thoughts when they realized that it must be a UFO! They became very concerned. They had a two year old son in the back seat and they were moving this thing! After some debate they decided to continue their journey. In the end, they could no longer see the UFO when approached the hill that obscured the view, plus there were motion.

FOX5 looked at the car clock was 20:23. None of the witnesses did not hear any sound from the object.

A few minutes later, when FOX4 and FOX5 were passing the camp, "Fox Lake", they passed by two cars which stopped, and two men looked up at the sky. They turned around and stopped to talk with them. It was FOX2 and FOX3, who led a lively discussion. After a few minutes, FOX4 and FOX5 were gone and eventually stopped in the Bed of the Braeburn (Braeburn Lodge) approximately 34 km (21 mile) down the road.

FOX4 went into the house and said to Steve Watson, the owner of the house:

"Steve, I really need coffee!"

Steve replied:

"Oh, you must have seen what I saw FOX1?"

In fact FOX4 recalled that saw FOX1 left the Bed of the Braeburn (Braeburn Lodge).

About half an hour before the observations described above (about 8:00 PM) FOX1 was driving along the lake Fox and noticed in the distance a light, which was not to be. He's not thinking too much about it, but, approaching the light, he realized that it illuminates the long smooth curved surface. Then he went on a little, and once again his eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, the curved surface and the light disappeared.

However, his gaze was attracted by a group of rectangular lights moving over the hill to the East. At this point, he had the "excitement," and he accelerated, to achieve a less dark places in the valley that he had the opportunity to see a UFO.

He stopped and got out of the car, but nothing more unusual saw. He continued his journey and stopped in the Bed of the Braeburn (Braeburn Lodge), where he spoke to Steve about what he saw and made for him pictures.

FOX2 and FOX3 eventually sucked in the Bed of the Braeburn (Braeburn Lodge) and gave his description and Steve.

Was also sixth witness observations at the lake, but it is unclear what time she drove through the area. FOX6 was driving in the vicinity of Fox lake, when she noticed the glow on the instrument panel, which cannot be explained by internal lighting of her car. She leaned forward to look through the windshield and saw a large number of colored lights. Interior light in her car has become dim, and the music from a tape recorder slowed down.

Around the same time, from 20:30 to 21:00, the Village of Pelly crossing (approximately 2 hours drive North from the lake) has experienced its own truly incredible UFO sighting.

PEL1 followed my trap to the northeast of Pelly when he noticed at a distance to the South-West a long row of lights slowly moving across the hills. At first he thought it was a great plane, but it moved too slowly. As he walked, his flashlight pointed in the direction of the UFO. As if reacting to his flashlight, the UFO began to approach him. He instinctively grabbed the flashlight. As soon as he completed this gesture, the UFO stopped. In less than a second it hovered at a distance of about 300 yards (275 metres) in front of him!

PEL1 had to turn his head from one side to the other below it. Again there was no sound coming from the object. The beam of light from the bottom of the UFO and pierced the ground directly under the object. That was a search beam? The UFO then slowly drifted to the right. There were other rays emanating from the ship: greenish phosphorescent color beam shining horizontally from the front (right), two rear (left) turning slowly in a horizontal position. All the beams were clearly visible because the air was ice crystals. PEL1 for a moment turned away from the UFO and ran through a small clearing. When he turned to look at it again, it disappeared.

Around the same time, PEL2 and PEL3 were travelling North to South of Pelly crossing. In the North they spotted a huge row of lights slowly moving from left to right. They stopped at a gravel pit South of the village, to better see them, and got out of the car. PEL2 noticed that the Big dipper was just above the line of lights, and compared the length of the light sources with the width of the Big dipper. They were about the same length! This observation was very important because it established the exact angular size of the UFO from the point of view PEL2 and PEL3, which is important for a more accurate triangulation and calculation of the size of the UFO.

The testimony of witnesses from PEL1 PEL3 and was enough to complete a calculation of UFO size.

Observations of witnesses PEL4, 5, 6 and 7 at one and the same time gave the second triangulation. Four women took evening courses at a local College in Pelly crossing (satellite school at Yukon College). They were on a break on the front porch one-story building and looked to the West, when also saw a number of lights. A series of lights moved slowly almost to them and a little to the North. They also recall that the object was huge and there was no sound at all. He slowly moved across the hill to the North and disappeared behind it.

Then there was the sighting of a UFO near the village of Karmaks, which saw 9 witnesses. A UFO was observed by two groups of people. CRM1, 2, 3 and 4 were on the highway to the North in a pickup truck South of Karmaks. CRM5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 consisted of husband, wife and their 3 children. They were watching television when I saw a series of lights from my window.

Four men travelling together, stopped near a landfill on the southern edge of the village, to get a better view of the UFO. They watched a silent object moving slowly to the northeast, rotating around them to the South and heading into the valley, adjoining the tower to the South of the village, where he just disappeared. At some point the UFO was partly hidden behind a nearby hill, and one witness recalls a UFO slowly emerged on the other side of it. He remembers how long we waited when from behind the hill will appear again in last light. And that's how slow and large the object appeared! The object is held horizontal part of the sky from 60 to 90 degrees.

The family do not exactly know what time it was when they saw a UFO, just that it was in the evening. They saw a series of lights to the North-West of them, slowly moving to the North-East. The lights were just above the border of the road, and there was no noise at all. The lights continued to move until they disappeared one after another behind an invisible wall. In this direction was not of the mountains, which could explain it. Due to the fact that the observation of UFOs occurred just two weeks before Christmas, three children thought it was Santa Claus and his reindeer in the sky.

The estimated size of the UFO by means of a triangulation was not possible for UFO sightings Carmack, as the geometry of the locations of witnesses regarding UFOs was not perfect. In addition, it was unclear whether the observed UFO at the same time family and group of four people in the truck. Perhaps the UFO made more than one passage that night.

There is also some evidence that this "event monitoring" it covered a large area, because the next day on the radio si-bi-si has been heard of the UFO reports, which mentioned monitoring in the communities of Dawson, Mayo and Watson lake. Still there was not one witness of these communities.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»

Original news

FOX3 estimates the angular size of the UFO while on site at the UFO sighting location. The geometry between his eyes and the tip of his hands was measured and used to calculate the UFO size. His cousin (FOX2) was 570 metres (1870 ft)ahead of him during the UFO sighting and was directly underneath the edge of the UFO. This information was used to obtain a UFO size of 1.7 km (1.1 miles) in length!

In order to keep witness identities anonymous, “Code Names” were developed consisting of the following format. For those witnesses who observed the UFO near Fox Lake the witness code names given were FOX1, FOX2, FOX3…, for those near Carmacks; CRM1, CRM2, CRM3…, and for those near Pelly Crossing; PEL1, PEL2, PEL3…etc.

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The following is as brief a summary that could be made from a complex 22-witness event and still retain a good portion of the impact and scope of what had occurred. More detailed descriptions and vivid quotes from the witnesses can be found in the individual witness testimonies.

Event Summary

Witnesses FOX2 and FOX3 were driving together from Whitehorse to Carmacks in two separate vehicles. As they were travelling northbound on the Klondike Highway adjacent to Fox Lake, they spotted a huge UFO out over the frozen lake. Fox Lake is on the west side of the highway. Both of them slammed on the brakes stopping about 570 metres (1870 ft) apart from each other (refer to map shown in Figure 2). FOX2 got out of his vehicle for a better observation. The UFO proceeded to slowly drift towards FOX2 and after a few minutes he found himself almost directly underneath the object! FOX3 continued to observe his cousin FOX2; both men were in complete awe! (See drawings by FOX3, Figures 3 and 4 and simulated graphic Figure 5). The UFO continued to move slowly across the highway and out over the hill to the east and eventually disappeared behind it. Also, see drawings by FOX2 (Figures 6, 7, 8, 9). Immediatly after the sigthing, FOX3 noted that the time was 8:30 pm. Both FOX2 and FOX3 could discern that the lights were attached to a smooth and solid object.

At the very same time that FOX2 and FOX3 were observing the UFO move across the lake, FOX4 and FOX5 were approaching the southern tip of Fox Lake also heading northbound (see map, Figure 2). What they observed was a huge row, or rows, of lights slowly moving across the lake. There were other lights on and around the UFO as well. See drawings by FOX4 and FOX5 (Figures 10 and 11) and their estimated size to known landmarks (Figure 12). Their first thought was that it was a large truck in the distance, but it couldn’t be, it was out over the lake. Their next thought was that a Boeing 747 was crash landing. But that couldn’t be either, it was moving much too slowly to be an aircraft. It took them about 2 seconds to process these thoughts when they realized that it must be a UFO! They got very concerned. They had a two-year-old son in the back seat and they were travelling towards this thing! After some debate they decided to continue their journey. After all, they could no longer see the UFO as they approached a hill that obscured their view plus there was some traffic ahead of them. FOX5 looked at the car clock, it was 8:23 pm. None of the witnesses heard any sound coming from the object.

A few minutes later, when FOX4 and FOX5 were passing the Fox Lake campground, they passed by two vehicles that were pulled over with two men outside looking up at the sky. They turned around and pulled over to talk to them. It was FOX2 and FOX3 carrying on a lively discussion, “What the ‘heck’ was that?” After a few minutes FOX4 and FOX5 left and eventually stopped at Braeburn Lodge about 34 km (21 miles) further up the highway. FOX4 walked into the lodge and said to Steve Watson, the lodge owner “Steve, I really need a coffee!” Steve replied “Oh, you must have seen what FOX1 saw?” In fact FOX4 recalled seeing FOX1 leaving Braeburn Lodge just as they got there.

About half an hour before the sighting described above (about 8:00 pm) FOX1 was driving along Fox Lake and had noticed a light in the distance which should not have been there. He did not think too much of it but as he got closer to the light, he could tell that it was illuminating a long smooth curved surface. He then passed some traffic and after his eyes readjusted to the darkness, the curved surface and the light were gone. However, his eye caught a group of rectangular lights moving over and behind a hill to the east. At this point he got an “exhilarating feeling” and sped up in order to reach a less obscured location in the valley so that he would have a chance to see the UFO again. He pulled over and got out of his vehicle but didn’t see anything more unusual. He continued his journey and pulled into Braeburn Lodge where he gave Steve a description of what he saw and also made drawings for him. See map, drawings and graphics (Figures 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).

FOX2 and FOX3 eventually pulled into Braeburn Lodge and gave their description to Steve as well.

There was also a 6th witness to the Fox Lake sighting but it is unclear what time she had driven through the area. FOX6 was driving in the vicinity of Fox Lake when she noticed a glow on her dashboard that could not be accounted for by the interior illumination of her vehicle. She leaned forward to look up through her windshield and observed a large arrangement of multi colored lights. The interior lights in her car started to go dim and the music from her tape deck slowed down.

At around the same time, between 8:30 and 9:00 pm, the Village of Pelly Crossing (about a 2 hours drive to the north of Fox Lake) was experiencing its own truly incredible UFO sighting. PEL1 was tending his trapline northeast of Pelly when he observed in the distance to the southwest a long row of lights slowly moving over the hills. At first he thought it was a large aircraft coming down. But it was moving much too slowly. “It’s a UFO!” As he was walking his flashlight happened to point in the direction of the UFO. As if reacting to his flashlight, the UFO started speeding rapidly toward him. He instinctively cupped the end of his flashlight. As soon as he completed this gesture, the UFO stopped in its track. In a matter of less than a second, it was hovering an estimated 300 yards (275 metres) in front of him! PEL1 had to turn his head from one side to the other to take it all in. (See graphic Figure 18, based on witness’ drawings and the investigators interpretation Figures 19, 20, 21). Again there was no sound at all coming from the object. A beam of light emanating from the bottom of the UFO swooped the ground once directly underneath the object. Was it a search beam? Looking for him? The UFO then drifted slowly to the right. There were other beams emanating from the craft as well; a greenish phosphorescent color beam shone horizontally out the front (right); two beams at the back (left) rotated slowly to a horizontal position. All the beams could be seen clearly as there were ice crystals in the air. PEL1 turned away from the UFO momentarily and ran across a small clearing. When he turned back to look at it, it was gone. Figure 22 shows a map of the location of the witness and his estimated trajectory of the UFO.

At about the same time, PEL2 and PEL3 were travelling northbound just south of Pelly Crossing. To the north they spotted a huge row of lights slowly moving from left to right. They pulled over at a gravel pit just south of the Village to get a better look and got out of their vehicle. PEL2 noticed that the Big Dipper was just above the row of lights and compared the length of the lights to the width of the Big Dipper. They were about the same length! This observation was very important since it established a well-referenced angular size of the UFO from PEL2 and PEL3’s perspective, important for a more accurate triangulation and calculation of UFO size. See drawings by PEL2 and PEL3 (Figures 23 and 24). The map shown in Figure 22 shows the location of witnesses PEL2 and PEL3 and their estimate of the UFO trajectory.

The accounts of witnesses PEL1 through 3 were enough to complete a calculation of UFO size. The observations of witnesses PEL4, 5, 6 and 7 about the same time provided a second triangulation. Their location is also indicated on the map in Figure 22. The four women were taking an evening course at a small community college in Pelly Crossing (a satellite school of Yukon College). They were out on a break on the front deck of the one story building looking towards the west when they too observed the row of lights. The row of lights was travelling slowly almost towards them and slightly towards the north. They recall the object being huge as well; there was no sound at all. It moved slowly over the hill to the north and disappeared behind it. See drawings by PEL6 and PEL7 (Figures 25 and 26).

Then there was the UFO sighting near the Village of Carmacks seen by 9 witnesses. The UFO was observed by two groups of people. CRM1, 2, 3 and 4 were on the highway northbound in a pick-up truck just south of Carmacks; CRM5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 consisted of a husband, wife and their 3 children. They were watching television when they spotted the row of lights out of their window. The locations of the witnesses and estimated UFO trajectories are shown in Figure 27.

The four men travelling together pulled over near the landfill at the southern edge of the Village to get a better look at the UFO. They watched the noiseless object move slowly to the northeast, curve around them to the south and head up a valley adjacent to the microwave tower south of the village where it just vanished. At one point the UFO was partially obscured behind a nearby hill and one witness recalls the UFO slowly reappearing on the other side of it. He remembers waiting a long time for the last light to reappear from behind the hill; that’s how slow and large the object was! The object took up about a 60 to 90 degree horizontal chunk of the sky. See drawings by CRM1 and CRM2 (Figures 28 and 29). CRM1 recalls hearing about the Fox Lake UFO sighting on the radio the next day and surmised that they saw the UFO about an hour and a half earlier, about 7:00 pm.

The family is not exactly sure what time it was when they saw the UFO, just that it was in the evening. They observed the row of lights just to the northwest of them moving slowly to the northeast. The lights were just over the treeline and there was no noise at all. See drawings Figure 30 (by the mother, CRM6) and Figure 31 (by the eldest son, CRM7, six years old at the time of the sighting). The lights continued to move until they disappeared one by one behind what appeared to be an invisible wall. There was no mountain in that direction that could account for this. With the UFO sighting occurring just two weeks prior to Christmas, the three children thought that it was Santa Claus and his reindeer in the sky.

An estimate of the UFO size by triangulation was not possible for the Carmacks UFO sighting, as the geometry of the witness locations in relation to the UFO was less than ideal (see “Estimate of UFO Size”). Furthermore, it was unclear whether both the family and the group of four men in the truck observed the UFO at the same time. Perhaps the UFO made more than one pass by the Village that night.

There is also some evidence to suggest that this “sighting event” encompassed an even larger area as UFO reports were heard on CBC North radio the very next day mentioning sightings in the communities of Dawson, Mayo and Watson Lake. No witnesses from these additional communities have thus far come forward or been identified.

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