Houston BC Resident Vike Busy Researching Sightings In Sky

(From Brian Vike’s UFO Files) Posted by Brian.

By Paul Strickland
Staff Writer Prince George Citizen

© 2004 All Rights Reserved
2-8-4

A Houston man who researches celestial phenomena says a number of unexplained objects have appeared in the night sky over Prince George and the Northern Interior in recent years.

Brian Vike hopes local residents will phone his toll-free line, 1-866-262-1989, to report any unusual sightings.

Vike owns and operates HBCC UFO Research (HBCC stands for Houston, British Columbia, Canada), which he established in 2000. He says the number of reports of unexplained night-sky phenomena has increased dramatically since 2002.

"There is no doubt something is happening in our skies", he said. "Particularly in the last two months there have been a lot of strange things."

Vike said a Prince George resident reported a red ball of light just west of the city January 30 around 9.30 p.m.

"The first time it rose from behind trees, and then it moved to the west and hovered above the trees," he said.
"Afterwards it jumped higher quite suddenly, took off for the west, and made a curving motion. "She said that, being so close, they thought it may be a helicopter but it made no noise." Vike says.

Another resident called around the same time to report exactly the same phenomena, he added.

Other Prince George residents saw a ball of light over the industrial area east of the downtown core, the evening of January 29th. "It flew over and split in two," Vike said. "Each part went in a different direction".

This week a city resident near First and Tabor told The Citizen she and four friends saw two orange objects in the northern sky, January 31st around 10.p.m. After five or 10 minutes they moved lightly apart, one more slowly than the other.

The first one disappeared fairly quickly into clouds afterwards, while the other moved out more slowly and faded off.   Above a month and a half ago, Prince George residents phoned about a possible meteor, Vike said. "It was a real good fireball streaking across the sky just west of Prince," he said.

 "It was blue and left a long bright trail behind it. It lit up quite an area as it travelled through."

Another incident occurred in the city about a month ago. A resident was standing by the Future Shop, looking west just after the sky had turned dark. For two minutes the resident saw a large flame, such as from a jet afterburn, but they didn't see any aircraft anywhere.

Last Fall, a Quesnel resident driving north towards Prince George saw an oval shaped light from highway 97 between the two communities.

"In the last while dozens of people in Prince George have seen unusual phenomena," he said.

Reports of sightings may be faxed to Vike at 250 845 2189 or email to hbccufo@telus.net

Brian Vike (Retired)
Box 1091
Houston, British Columbia, Canada.

Email: sighting@telus.net

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Large UFO Frightens Resident Of Edna Texas

 

Date:  Around 1970 or 1971

Time:  Evening.

 

Dear Mr. Vike,  It was interesting reading the story about the young man who saw the object with six lights in the sky over Edna, TX.  My family and I lived there from the early 60’s to the mid-70’s.  My story is similar to the young man’s, but just a little different. 

First of all, during the time we lived in Edna, there were several unexplained and just plain weird occurrences. I believe the town is inhabited by some very unfriendly spirits, but that’s beside the point. 

Anyway, it must’ve been around 1970 or ’71 when I experienced one of the most unbelievable and to-this-date- unexplained events in my life. I used to love laying on the grass and looking up at the stars at night. 

One night, the sky was extra dark and I could see almost every star there was to see. All of the sudden, a large orb-like light went right over the trees where I was laying. It couldn’t have been more than 20 feet or so above me. 

It was silent and moved very slowly. The light was not bright at all, but more muted and subtle. I lay there with my mouth open not able to move. Then it slowly disappeared into the sky. It was such a strange event, I didn’t tell my family about until years later. 

I had not been back to Edna until about a week ago when I went to visit my sister who lives in nearby Ganado. It was eerie seeing the town again after almost 40 years. Almost nothing has changed. It’s almost as if the town has been frozen in time.

If you have seen anything like this in the same area please be kind enough to contact Brian Vike at: sighting@telus.net with the details of your sighting. All personal information is kept confidential.

The Vike Factor (Brian Vike) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Sightings.com website: http://www.sightings.com/

Houston, British Columbia Object Observed And Filmed By Resident

Date: March 21, 2002
Time: Approx: 7:00 p.m.
Object: Bright white with orange glow around it.

The witness reported that when he and a friend were looking at new trucks at Sullivan Pontiac dealership in Houston, B.C., which is along the business frontage road just off Highway #16, a very bright white object caught their eye. The object would have been in the field behind the car dealership which would be facing southwest at some distance away from them both. Actually he said the object was hovering above an old barn which is in the field.

When I was talking on the telephone to the witness, he said that in all of the pictures the object looked like a bright white "star". But in one of the photos he said, if you look really close you can barely see an orange glow around the white object. He also said that seeing the object in person was totally different from how the object looks in the pictures.



He mentioned also that it was so far away when he took the picture that it looks like a star in the photo. He added that you could tell it was something really bright because there are also lights from the town in the picture as well. The object when looking at it with the naked eye was as bright, or brighter than the lights around him, meaning town lights.

The guys pulled out their camera using the "flash", and as soon as they started taking the pictures the object rose up from it's stationary position and moved slowly towards the two witnesses. At this point they were freaking out and threw the camera down on the front seat, jumped in the vehicle and took off very quickly. They had turned their heads around to see if the object was still coming in their direction but they told me it had disappeared. The object didn't disappear as if it dropped slowly behind a mountain, but rather just vanished as if you turned off the lights in your home.



Investigators Note: The two fellows dropped into my home to show me the pictures and give me the rest of the story. As mentioned by the witness above, the object was in the distance, but after I looked over the area today where this took place it really wasn't as far as the pictures make it out to be. There is a barn standing out in the field where the object was hovering. From the photos and from what I saw when checking the area out, the object would have been still some distance above the barn. I am going back tomorrow to take some pictures myself, and to look around the area a little more just in case there may be something I might have missed. Also one of the witnesses said he did have a hard time sleeping that night after watching this object, knowing it was something he was not familiar with.

From some of the reports I have received since February 1, 2002 there seems to be a pattern of very frightened people. As a matter of fact I talked to one of the ladies from the February 1, 2002 sighting of the large boomerang shaped craft which went right over the top of the car when they were traveling back from Smithers heading home to Houston, B.C. and she still gets goose bumps just talking about it, and is still very nervous over the whole experience.

Also an important note about the pictures. The fellows took the three pictures using the flash on the camera. Due to this event taking place at night the flash does wash out the image in which the person is trying to capture on film. Also it can be detrimental if the flash exposes things close to the camera and between the camera and the object. Corners of buildings, or tree trunks, light poles etc. will reflect back "flash" light that washes out the target image.

Like many of us, these fellows did their best in trying to catch the object on film, not thinking of what the flash may have done to the outcome of the pictures. To be honest, in a case such as this, with the excitement of seeing something you can not explain I may have done exactly the same thing.

I would like to extend my many thanks to both the witness who reported their sighting to me here at The Vike Report.

I know the object is very hard to see on the film, but it does give an idea of what these fellows had observed.

Email Brian Vike: v_factor_paranormal@live.com

Brian Vike, The Vike Factor (Into The Paranormal) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Houston, British Columbia UFO Observed By Resident

Date: March 21, 2002
Time: Approx: 7:00 p.m.
Object: Bright white with orange glow around it.

The witness reported that when he and a friend were looking at new trucks at Sullivan Pontiac dealership in Houston, B.C., which is along the business frontage road just off Highway #16, a very bright white object caught their eye. The object would have been in the field behind the car dealership which would be facing southwest at some distance away from them both. Actually he said the object was hovering above an old barn which is in the field.



When I was talking on the telephone to the witness, he said that in all of the pictures the object looked like a bright white "star". But in one of the photos he said, if you look really close you can barely see an orange glow around the white object. He also said that seeing the object in person was totally different from how the object looks in the pictures.

He mentioned also that it was so far away when he took the picture that it looks like a star in the photo. He added that you could tell it was something really bright because there are also lights from the town in the picture as well. The object when looking at it with the naked eye was as bright, or brighter than the lights around him, meaning town lights.

The guys pulled out their camera using the "flash", and as soon as they started taking the pictures the object rose up from it's stationary position and moved slowly towards the two witnesses. At this point they were freaking out and threw the camera down on the front seat, jumped in the vehicle and took off very quickly. They had turned their heads around to see if the object was still coming in their direction but they told me it had disappeared. The object didn't disappear as if it dropped slowly behind a mountain, but rather just vanished as if you turned off the lights in your home.



Investigators Note: The two fellows dropped into my home to show me the pictures and give me the rest of the story. As mentioned by the witness above, the object was in the distance, but after I looked over the area today where this took place it really wasn't as far as the pictures make it out to be. There is a barn standing out in the field where the object was hovering. From the photos and from what I saw when checking the area out, the object would have been still some distance above the barn. I am going back tomorrow to take some pictures myself, and to look around the area a little more just in case there may be something I might have missed. Also one of the witnesses said he did have a hard time sleeping that night after watching this object, knowing it was something he was not familiar with.

From some of the reports I have received since February 1, 2002 there seems to be a pattern of very frightened people. As a matter of fact I talked to one of the ladies from the February 1, 2002 sighting of the large boomerang shaped craft which went right over the top of the car when they were traveling back from Smithers heading home to Houston, B.C. and she still gets goose bumps just talking about it, and is still very nervous over the whole experience.

Also an important note about the pictures. The fellows took the three pictures using the flash on the camera. Due to this event taking place at night the flash does wash out the image in which the person is trying to capture on film. Also it can be detrimental if the flash exposes things close to the camera and between the camera and the object. Corners of buildings, or tree trunks, light poles etc. will reflect back "flash" light that washes out the target image.

Like many of us, these fellows did their best in trying to catch the object on film, not thinking of what the flash may have done to the outcome of the pictures. To be honest, in a case such as this, with the excitement of seeing something you can not explain I may have done exactly the same thing.

I would like to extend my many thanks to both the witness who reported their sighting to me here at The Vike Report.

I know the object is very hard to see on the film, but it does give an idea of what these fellows had observed.

Email Brian Vike: v_factor_paranormal@live.com

Brian Vike, The Vike Factor (Into The Paranormal) http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/

Strange Lights In Sky Reported By Resident

By Bernice Trick
Citizen Staff
Prince George Citizen Newspaper

A local resident wants to know if anyone else has seen fast moving balls of fire in the sky above Prince George in recent months.

Lisa Hallam says she's witnessed the sight on three separate occasions -- including Monday night -- as well as August 18, 2003 and January 31, 2004.

"The first time I saw this intensely red ball of fire was last August 18 above Punchaw Park, just off Ness Avenue where I live," said the 35-year old Hallam, describing the object's size as about four times the size of the brightest star in the sky.

"I knew it wasn't Mars because it was located behind me," said Hallam.

She said another strange thing at the time was the electronics in her home "started acting funny. We'd lose the TV signal and the screen would go green, and the VCR and DVD player turned themselves on and off," said Hallam, who's a CNC student.

"I saw the light again January 31. I thought I was losing my mind, so thank goodness my mother saw it, too. "(On Monday) night I was coming home about 6:30 p.m. along Rainbow Drive and there it was again, travelling northwest above Cranbrook Hill acting in the same manner as the others. It moved pretty fast. It's so intensely red."

When Hallam reached home she continued to watch the sky, and said there were two other unique sites.

"Above Cranbrook Hill there was a circular shaped blue green hue that appeared both in front of and behind the clouds, and then I saw a long, rectangular hue of light-green light. It resembled the northern lights, but moved horizontally instead of up and down. My neighbour saw the bar-shaped hue, also."

That same day, Lisa's mother, Cheryll Hallam, said the electronics "went wonky" again. Gil Self, vice president of the Prince George Astronomical Society, said there had been no reports of the lights described by Hallam. "Right now Venus is brilliant due to its location in its orbit high in the western sky. It sparkles like a jewel", said Self, who said he never discredits reports by people, but instead, tries to explain the likely causes.

Self said there are many explanations for lights in the sky - refracted light from aircraft, electrical phenomenon in the sky, fireballs, meteorites, and electrical discharges from time to time.

UFO expert Brian Vike of Houston said: "I have no explanation for the sighting, but I am going to check out a few things regarding it and a few more sightings in the Prince George area."

Houston BC Resident Vike Busy Researching Sightings In Sky

By Paul Strickland
Staff Writer Prince George Citizen

© 2004 All Rights Reserved

A Houston man who researches celestial phenomena says a number of unexplained objects have appeared in the night sky over Prince George and the Northern Interior in recent years.

Brian Vike hopes local residents will phone his toll-free line, 1-866-262-1989, to report any unusual sightings.

Vike owns and operates HBCC UFO Research (HBCC stands for Houston, British Columbia, Canada), which he established in 2000. He says the number of reports of unexplained night-sky phenomena has increased dramatically since 2002.

"There is no doubt something is happening in our skies", he said. "Particularly in the last two months there have been a lot of strange things."

Vike said a Prince George resident reported a red ball of light just west of the city Jan.30 around 9.30 p.m.

"The first time it rose from behind trees, and then it moved to the west and hovered above the trees," he said.

"Afterwards it jumped higher quite suddenly, took off for the west, and made a curving motion.

"She said that, being so close, they thought it may be a helicopter but it made no noise." Vike says.

Another resident called around the same time to report exactly the same phenomena, he added.

Other Prince George residents saw a ball of light over the industrial area east of the downtown core, the evening of January 29th. "It flew over and split in two," Vike said. "Each part went in a different direction".

This week a city resident near First and Tabor told The Citizen she and four friends saw two orange objects in the northern sky, January 31st around 10.p.m. After five or 10 minutes they moved lightly apart, one more slowly than the other. The first one disappeared fairly quickly into clouds afterwards, while the other moved out more slowly and faded off.

Above a month and a half ago, Prince George residents phoned about a possible meteor, Vike said. "It was a real good fireball streaking across the sky just west of Prince," he said. "It was blue and left a long bright trail behind it. It lit up quite an area as it travelled through."

Another incident occurred in the city about a month ago. A resident was standing by the Future Shop, looking west just after the sky had turned dark. For two minutes the resident saw a large flame, such as from a jet afterburn, but they didn't see any aircraft anywhere.

Last Fall, a Quesnel resident driving north towards Prince George saw an oval shaped light from highway 97 between the two communities.

"In the last while dozens of people in Prince George have seen unusual phenomena," he said.

Reports of sightings may be phoned in to Vike at 250 845 2180 or email to hbccufo@telus.net

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Brian Vike did own and operate HBCC UFO Research, but now has nothing to do with HBCC UFO Research. I operate Brian Vike, The Vike Factor (Into The Paranormal) at http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com/