MORE LIGHTS IN SKY

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From:Doug Roberts
Title:MORE LIGHTS IN SKY
Source:Northern News Service
Date:January 22, 1996


"More lights in the sky: Alberta group looking into South Slave sighting"

by P.J.Harston

News/north (January 22, 1996) Yellowknife, NT

A UFO watchdog group from Alberta has launched an investigation into recent

sightings of unidentified flying objects in the Western Arctic. The

investigation follows on the heels of more "flashing lights" sightings in Fort

Resolution, as well as further reports from Hay River, Hay River Reserve and

Fort Simpson. The Alberta Unidentified Flying Object Research Association

began questionning eyewitnesses about the mysterious lights last week after

they were alerted to the situation by a media organization. Investigator Cory

Sine said this is the second case the private, not-for-profit organization has

investigated in the NWT. "What we'll do is collect as much data on the

sightings as we possibly can. We'll look at all the possibilities and we'll

forward that information to the witnesses," Sine said. A single flashing red,

green, blue and bright white light - like the ones which have been reported by

Northerners in recent weeks - could have a simple explanation, Sine said.

"A possible explanation" When low on the horizon, the spectrum of color

contained in starlight could be refracted by the air and dispersed by

turbulence. In simpler terms, the colors contained in starlight don't all

reach the human eye at the same time. The phenomenon creates the illusion of

a flashing light changing colors. Sine added that a star seen at tree level

could easily "disappear" or move below the tree tops. As for the lights

movement, it could simply be an optical illusion which occurs when the human

eye has no reference point to help frame an object. The object may, therefore,

appear to bob and weave in the sky.

"I'm not saying that's the case, but it is one possibility," Sine said. He

also said similiar sightings come from Alberta when the planet Venus appears in

the sky. It sometimes appears to emit colored lights and move around. Sine's

organization, which has been investigating UFO sightings since 1994, keeps

records of all the reports it receives. He said the other NWT sighting the

group received was from Yellowknife last summer. Originally, the Calgary-based

organization only looked into Alberta UFO sightings. WIth the rise of the

Internet, Sine said his group has been looking into sightings all over the

world.