Posted on 05/06/2026 6:48:11 AM PDT by jerod
Sightings reported from Williams Lake to Prince George to Fort St. John
What was that in the night sky?
It’s a question being asked by many residents in the B.C. Interior and north after an unusual sighting Tuesday night.
Between 10 and 11 p.m. PT, multiple residents, including this CBC reporter, reported seeing a large, white shape slowly move across the horizon before disappearing from view.
Multiple videos have been posted by residents in community Facebook groups from Williams Lake to Prince George to Fort St. John, over a span of hundreds of kilometres.
Suggestions as to what it might be range from an errant weather balloon to something more out of this world.
CBC News will share more information about the sighting as it becomes available.
Yeah, not a cloud. Not saying it’s alien by any means, but not a cloud! Does a cloud have a blinking light to the upper left moving in unison with it?
I agree. In the 2 min. video you can see how the light slowly fades as the sun falls below the horizon.
“THEM!”
No, that was giant ants.
My sense is that it is a high-altitude cloud illuminated by the sun below the horizon. But I’m left with guessing since the article contains very little useful information.
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I often can see rocket launches in the small town I live in. I am in South Carolina, and the launches are in Florida. 30 minutes after one launch, I witnessed a strange luminous cloud, appearing pretty stationary.
When a rocket is launched in Florida, it takes approximately 2 minutes for the rocket to reach 500,000 feet in altitude. I found this out by listening to the live launches while observing. That is the height at which I can begin to see the rocket from my town. And, even if the sun has set, I can see the rocket contrail.
The luminous cloud I saw, was the moon behind an extremely high rocket contrail! Even though it was quite dark, I observed a luminous cloud! This was a very strange sight on a dark night.
I realize the circumstances are different, but I would not rule out a high atmosphere cloud. There are not normally clouds at 500,000 feet, but a rocket contrail 30 minutes after dark can appear to be a luminous cloud.
“My sense is that it is a high-altitude cloud illuminated by the sun below the horizon.”
I agree. In the 2 min. video you can see how the light slowly fades as the sun falls below the horizon.
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The fading makes me think it is a sun illuminated, high cloud. Maybe a gas was released at an extremely high altitude by someone.
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