MAN SEES STRANGE LIGHTS ABOVE YK
February 21, 1996
Northern News Services / Canada
Since January, several Northern communities have reported sightings of strange lights in the sky above
their communities. Michael Strainic, Canadian director of the Mutual UFO Network, said he has had
about 50 reports of sightings of strange lights from the NWT in recent weeks. "We have a pile of names
and reports," he said, from his Vancouver office. "We'll probably be left with a good 10 percent that
can't be explained. Not all of these are misperceptions. This has come on quickly and built rapidly... it'll
basically die out in a couple of weeks or all hell will break loose." Strainic said while he believes some
genuine UFOs have been seen, the majority of the sightings can probably be attributed to astronomical
objects, misperceptions or military exercises. Lights that stay in one place for extended periods of time,
or are seen in the same place nightly, are probably stars or planets, he said. But his office has also had
reports from about seven Northerners who have said that the strange lights hovered over them and
stopped the engine of their snowmobile or automobile. These are the reports he gives most credence.
Strainic said his organization is investigating all the reports it receives from the NWT, but some people
are reluctant to talk.
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