Malcolm Coreys UFO Sightings

At 18 years of age, Malcolm Corey started out as

a disc jockey and news broadcaster, but after two
years of training in the Air Force, spent most of
his working career in industrial electronics and
controls. At one point in his career he was able to
combine his skills of broadcasting, electronics
and astronomy (an amateur astronomer since age
11) when he worked for the Vancouver
Planetarium. One of his duties was to help
astonomer David Dodge set up the Zeiss telescope
at the Gordon Southam Observatory. Malcolm,
now age 67, has spent the last 18 years living in
White Rock and is living proof that if you keep
your eyes cast skywards, you will have some
amazing sights! (Feb 99)

July 12 or 13, 1953: (05:15 Hours)

On my way from Winnipeg to North Bay, I was travelling the Highway
between Escanaba and Sioux, Michigan. As I rounded a corner I saw a
large, totally black object directly over the road ahead (Figure 1). It was
extremely dark, no reflections and no obvious openings. Although there
was no wind or sound, the trees below the object were whipping around. As
I was staring at the object and braking the car, I actually went off the road,
across the shallow ditch and towards the fence line and trees. After
navigating back onto the road, the object was gone.

Finding out later that the cloud ceiling was about 350 feet and assuming the
road was between 20 and 25 feet wide, I estimated the object to be about
250 feet across and 50 to 75 feet thick.

I continued the drive to Sioux, Michigan, arriving about 06:15 06:30

hours. From there I phoned SAC Airbase (USAF). I was told to report the
incident to my boss at #4FTTU RCAF base at North Bay, Ontario. At that
time I was a radar tech on loan to Public Relations and Intelligence at
North Bay.
Upon arriving at the "Bay", I turned in my report to my boss, F/L D.
Suchok. Without saying a word, my boss took me outside and showed me a
bright red and a bright white light rapidly circling each other directly above
the station. (Could be easily seen in bright noon-day sun!) Their altitude
(by theodolite) was about 65,000 feet. They disappeared whenever the
CF100s sent to intercept them reached an altitude of 35-38,000 feet, but
returned when the planes descended. The lights had appeared at about
midnight the day before and vanished about 13 hours later.
Autumn of 1953, Winnipeg: (specific date not remembered)
I was running up the high power radar in a CF100, at an air base in
Winnipeg, Manitoba. A target came on screen at 17,000 yards at an
elevation of 15 degrees. It travelled from 55 degrees starboard to 55
degrees port in less than 4 seconds! The radar return was much larger and
stronger than a reflection from a Lockheed North Star which we saw all
the time (used by TCA Air Canada).
Rough calculation using geometry; an object traversing 110 degrees in 4
seconds at 17,000 yards travels about 29,000 yards/4 seconds. 29,000/1760
= 16.5 miles/ 4 seconds. 16.5 x 60/4 = 248 miles/minute x 60 15,000
mph!
At an elevation of 15 degrees (not accounting for Earth curvature) it would
be about 5,000 yards x 3 = 15,000 feet in altitude. An object travelling at
that speed should burn up from air friction! Close to Earth orbital speed!
This sighting was reported to FL/O Joe Widdis no follow up occurred
although I was contacted by two RCAF officers after my tour of duty was
over and interrogated. I was informed that I was still considered to
unofficially be a reserve member and any discussion of these incidents
could lead to a court martial proceeding.
Mid 60s, Nanaimo and Nanoose Bay, BC: (specific dates not
remembered)
No further sighting til the mid 60s when working as a civilian shift
supervisor at the underground regional emergency government
Headquarters in Nanaimo (Diffen Bunker) and the army transmitter site at
Nanoose Bay.

Nanaimo, BC One Corp of Commissionairs, one civilian DND operator

and myself observed a bright steady blue/white light appearing from the
south. It made an arcing 180 degree turn then headed south again, followed
almost immediately by a pulsing light of identical appearance on the same
course and path.
Nanoose Bay Army Transmitter Site One Corp of Commissionairs, one
army signals Sargeant and myself. On doing my rounds I observed a light
very high moving due East. I called the other two out to observe this. The
light stopped and hovered then emitted a cone or spray-shaped beam of
exhaust of some kind, clearly visible in the early morning light. It then
moved at right angle to the North, at moderate speed. It then stopped,
hovered again and then emitted a narrow beam of exhaust or light and
quickly disappeared to the East into the sunrise. Time approximately 05:00
hours.
1966 On Mount Benson, NW of Nanaimo: (05:15 hours)
Forest Rangers in lookout tower observed a glowing green sphere
approaching up the back or SW side of mountain. It appeared to be as big
as their living quarters! They suddenly lost all power as the sphere circled
the tower. The power returned when the sphere departed. Andrew Hulse
and his wife witnessed this appearance from their kitchen window in
Nanaimo. Hulse was a diesel mechanic at the army bunker and Nanoose
torpedo testing range.
Fall of 1967, Nanoose Bay: (01:00 hours)
Checking weather station and was aware of extremely bright light in the
clear sky. Drifting slowly from West to East and then hovering. I
photographed the object with a modified Polaroid 107 Land Camera that
could take time exposures on ASA 1000 b/w film. The light from the object
was almost dazzling in the black night sky. I took a 5-6 second exposure
then the object disappeared. As the picture developed it was apparent that
the dark sky was white and the bright object was dark grey with band
markings on it.
I sent the Polaroid for analysis and their report said the only explanation
they could give was an extremely bright UV source.
13-Jan-1968, Nanoose Bay: (22:00 hours)

Taking readings at the weather station at transmitter site. Saw a very bright
object bobbing around erratically above Black Bay Road towards
Parksville (Figure 2). To the North there was heavy cloud cover and the
ceiling was about 275 feet as calculated by the red and white sections on
the transmitter tower. The object illuminated the bottom of the clouds as it
rose up into them at a fast speed. Its glow could be seen in the clouds for a
moment. Suddenly it dropped down out of the clouds and bounced up and
down in the air like it was suspended on an elastic cord. During this time I
went to my car and grabbed my camera on its tripod and removed the lens
cover. The object them moved erratically and slowly westward and then
after travelling about 15 degrees hovered long enough to get a time
exposure photo. Then it simply disappeared. It appeared to look like a squat
hamburger bun shape with a square mast-like tail on one end.
April 28, 1977, North Vancouver: (22:30 hours)
Received a phone call from William Hamilton, an ex-WWII RCAF
Gunnery Sargeant and complete skeptic. He resided up on Chartwell Road
above the British Properties (altitude 1410 feet). He observed a large
saucer-shaped craft with bright orange internal illumination from the
windows surrounding the craft, drifting down Burrard Inlet just above
Lions Gate Bridge.
My wife and I (both experienced amateur astronomers and active members
of the Royal Canadian Amateur Astronomers Association) viewed the craft
with a duplex field model 3 inch Questar telescope at magnification 45X
and 80X. The UFO appeared to be about 80 feet wide by 15 feet high as
compared to the bridge. Orange square lighted windows all around a
smaller domed bottom with an exhaust nozzle below with flame exiting
from it. It climbed slowly up over Mount Seymour and hovered there. It
then disappeared in a burst of orange coloured flame or gas.

Slide pictures were taken and sent to Captain Graham (Sr. Staff Officer) of
the Rescue Co-ordination Centre c/o Maritime Forces Pacific, Victoria,
with the assurance that they would be returned - - - They Never Came
Back!!!
Nov 2, 1997, White Rock: (18:40 18:53 hours)
I had no further sightings of any
conclusive nature for 18 years or
more, until Nov 2, 1997. I was
watching the 6 oclock news when a
large red glowing ball with short
winglets drifted silently over my
house, from north to south (Figure 3). I tried to video tape the object, but
was unsuccessfull. It slowly turned West over Lumni Island and headed
toward the San Juan Islands til it disappeared from sight.