Date:
May 1967
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"The
bespectacled 14-year-old was just going to his home at
5311 106th St., when he said he noticed the space
ship and began the vigil which has probably resulted
in the most detailed report of any UFO in the Edmonton
area."
THIS, CLAIMS YOUTH, WAS IN CITY - = a drawing of alleged
UFO, complete with beams of light
AT THE SCENE - Ricky Banyard says roadway was charred
Source:
The Edmonton Journal, May 8, 1967 (Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada) (Credit: UFO*BC)
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A
UFO In Detail
City
Youth Tells Of A Strange Ship, A Long Night And A Graveyard
The
Edmonton Journal
Monday, May 8, 1967
An
alleged four-hour surveillance of an unidentified flying
object began shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday for Ricky Banyard.
The
bespectacled 14-year-old was just going to his home at
5311 106th St., when he said he noticed the "space
ship" and began the vigil which has probably
resulted in the most detailed report of any UFO in the
Edmonton area.
He
said he noticed white beamed light moving over the neighborhood
and followed it for several blocks.
"It
disappeared over the Allendale district and I went home
again."
"When
I reached the front doorstep the second time, I saw it
again and went and told my friend, Glenn Coates."
"Then
we got some binoculars and watched it for a while."
"When
Glenn had to go home, I watched for a while longer and
then followed it into the cemetery."
Ricky
lives across the street from Mount Pleasant Cemetery where
he said the closer observations and strange happenings
occurred.
"I
hid under some trees for quite a while. I dont know
how long it was but it was long enough to get wet with
dew."
"It
had a white ribbon of light coming down from the bottom
of it. The ship was about 200 feet up in the air and it
made sort of a muffled whistling noise as hovered."
"I
was about 50 feet away from the thread of light and the
ground was white as though white hot, under it."
"The
beam came straight down and then spreading out in kind
of a rectangular shape about six inches above the ground."
"When
I stepped out from under the trees for a better look,
the light disappeared, then there was kind of a screaming
noise like a jet starting up."
"All
the lights in the ship went out and there were about seven
or eight bangs and it took off."
Observations
of the cemetery later Sunday revealed several rectangular-shaped
black streaks along the sand-gravel roads in the cemetery.
There
were several cinder-like rocks in these "burned"
areas and pebbles appeared to be charred.
None
of the grass areas or trees appeared to have been "harmed."
Joseph
Laforge, foreman of the cemetery, said today he could
not explain the black marks.
A
grader went over the roads on Saturday, he said, and may
have exposed some of the cinder base under the gravel.
"But
these ones here," he said pointing to two other
large black marks, "I dont know about them
. . . they look pretty unusual."
Mr.
Laforge had no explanation for the black marks on the
stones.
"I
dont know . . . We dont use oil on the roads
at all," he said.
A
sample of the rock has been sent to the Alberta Research
Council for analysis.
Ricky
described the "ship" as spherical with
red and green lights. The top and bottom portions spun.
"I
could see it quite plainly because it was almost daylight
when it took off."
Ricky
sketched his observation and showed the sketch to several
other people who saw either the "ship"
or the light beam. All five agreed that was what the object
resembled.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case348.htm