1980: Edmonton Canada UFO Sighting

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT

Date:  June 15 1980

Sighting Time: Night (summer night)

Day/Night:  night

Location:  Edmonton Canada, AB

Urban or Rural: – Urban/Military Base (The witness was living on the Griesbach army base in Edmonton).

No. of Entity(‘s): : 0 (No beings were observed).

Entity Type: n/a

Entity Description: n/a

Hynek Classification:  NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration:  Approx. 1 minute (The main event lasted for one minute, though the witnesses stayed for another 30 minutes).

No. of Object(s):  multiple

Height & Speed: High Altitude / Constant Rate (Well above the horizon, moving slowly and steadily from East to West).

Size of Object(s):  VERY BIG!

Distance to Object(s): Far yet near (Witnesses noted it seemed “far yet near” due to its immense size, similar to a large building).

Shape of Object(s):  The beam of light grew long across the sky as it moved at a constant rate from east to west, well above the horizon, but not overhead. The distance was difficult to judge, but it seemed far yet near. Kind of like a Las Vegas building. They look near because they are so big. As it stretched across the north in front of us, stranger things appeared. Two stars appeared on each side of the beam, and then another two, and then another two. Then all stars did the same thing the original beam did. They stretched out thinner beams in front of them. The beams had bright lights at each end. They were positioned perfectly symmetrical. The middle beam was bigger than the surrounding beams. When the event was directly in front of us, again each of the smaller beams were surrounded by stars which then shot out their own beams.

Color/Description of Object(s):  red & white beams

Number of Witnesses:  multiple

Source:  National UFO Reporting Center

Summary/Description:  At 33 years old, I still think about my experience often. I was only 11 when in 1980 (?) something really wonderful was about to be experienced…a UFO sighting. It’s as clear to me now as it was 22 years ago. Was I dreaming? Seeing an illusion? Was it a meteor or a meteorological event? I’m certain it was not! How can I be so certain? I was with a friend who also saw everything. We ran home to our parents to tell the story. The next day, Edmonton radio and newspapers claiming the phone lines were choked with similar testimony gave us credibility. Representatives from the University, (who never witnessed the event), explained it as a possible meteor.

So here is what really happened… Armed with a pair of binoculars, it was a clear summer starry night when my friend ((name deleted)) and I set out to star gaze. While “break and enters” where the hobbies of kids our age, we enjoyed astronomy. We actually wrote papers on the planets and studied the constellations. Call us geeks, but we found it exciting. Facing the northern sky, we settled into the side of a hill not far from my house where lights could be dodged. My parents were stationed in Edmonton for a 5 year term. Life on the Greisbach army base was, to say the least, boring, so the patience we had learned was about to be rewarded. After about 40 minutes of just laying there, I happened to take interest at a red star in the east. I pointed it out to ((2nd witness)) to get his opinion. Although we both agreed it was just a star, I still kept a wary eye on it. It wasn’t long before I was asking ((2nd witness)) to confirm if the star was moving. It seemed to be growing! Awww…just a plane we decided. He went back to gazing at other objects. A few moments passed and I nudged him asserting that it was no plane. Now we were both watching intently.

Then the most peculiar thing happened. A beam of light grew from it. Our mouths were fixed open in awe. I fumbled with my click camera, but was more interested in taking in the event. The beam of light grew long across the sky as it moved at a constant rate from east to west, well above the horizon, but not overhead. The distance was difficult to judge, but it seemed far yet near. Kind of like a Las Vegas building. They look near because they are so big. As it stretched across the north in front of us, stranger things appeared. Two stars appeared on each side of the beam, and then another two, and then another two. Then all stars did the same thing the original beam did. They stretched out thinner beams in front of them. The beams had bright lights at each end. They were positioned perfectly symmetrical. The middle beam was bigger than the surrounding beams. When the event was directly in front of us, again each of the smaller beams were surrounded by stars which then shot out their own beams. Now as the event passed into the west, (which still had a bit of twilight), it did the exact reverse! Small beams collapsed into stars and into single beams and then the last big beam collapsed back down to a star which eventually winked out. The main event had lasted for only a minute, but it seemed longer. Chris and I looked at each other in excitement. We stayed there for another half hour hoping for more. Our excitement got the better of us and we ran home to tell all! If anyone else has seen and remembers this, please contact me (email address below). I would like to compare notes. Also, I can’t remember the exact date but I would love to search the newspaper archives for this event.

Its possible the army was experimenting with some sort of transportation device; But as I let my imagination take over, I think we witnessed an alien space probe passing by our planet on a planned mapping of our solar system. Think of it like a car coming down the road. At first you see a small dot, then it grows into a front and then as it passes you see the long side of it and then the backside and finally a receding dot. In this case the front was like looking at the end of a fiber optic cable and as it passed it looked like the whole fiber. Its so hard to put into words, but it was an incredibly FANTASTIC event to witness. Whatever it was, it was VERY BIG! If you ask ((2nd witness)) today, he thinks it was just a meteor. I saw some very cool big meteors with a long sparkly death, and nothing in that shower could even come remotely close to what we saw. It was NOT a meteor. Meteors do NOT have symmetry! Nor do they fill up the sky. But there was no doubt that it was NOT a meteor. I had seen them before, this in contrast looked alien, moved slowly across the entire sky, and behaved mechanical. I also forgot to add that there was supposedly a very low engine rumble. I can’t remember if I experienced this or if I got this from the reports the next day. Like I said, we were too transfixed, all other non-visual senses seemed to be halted. I should also state that we were NOT under the influence of anything… we were eleven! I have better things to do then tell wild stories.

Researcher’s Notes: Fiber Optic Beams and Symmetrical Structures

The Edmonton encounter stands out due to the witnesses’ sophisticated description of the object’s physical transition:

• The “Fiber Optic” Effect: The witness’s comparison of the beam to looking at the end of a fiber optic cable is a critical technical observation. It suggests a light source that was tightly focused or contained rather than a diffuse atmospheric glow. This effect, combined with the collapse of beams back into stars, points toward a controlled optical or propulsion system.

• Mechanical Symmetry: One of the strongest arguments against a meteorological explanation provided in the report is the perfect symmetry of the beams and the secondary stars that appeared. Natural phenomena like bolides or meteors do not exhibit bilateral symmetry or move at the steady, constant rate described.

• Acoustic Indicators: While the witnesses were transfixed by the visuals, the report of a “low engine rumble” from other local testimony matches the mechanical behavior of the object. This suggests a massive physical structure displacing air at high altitude, consistent with a large-scale craft rather than a light-only phenomenon.

• Military Proximity: The sighting occurred over the Griesbach army base, adding a layer of strategic significance. While the witness speculated about army transportation experiments, the scale and “wonderful” nature of the display led them to conclude it was a planned mapping probe.

The June 1980 Edmonton sighting is a definitive example of an intelligently controlled Nocturnal Light encounter. The transition from a single star-like point into a complex grid of beams that later collapsed in reverse order indicates a deliberate sequence of operations.

Despite contemporary attempts to dismiss the event as a meteor, the multi-witness corroboration and the choked phone lines at local radio stations confirm a massive aerial intrusion. The symmetrical, mechanical nature of the “Fantastic” event remains a significant entry in the Alberta UFO archives, suggesting that whatever passed over Edmonton that night was an engineered craft of immense proportions.