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Occurred : 7/14/1999 04:30
Reported: 2/9/2003
Posted: 2/11/2003
Location: Otter Lake (Canada), PQ
Shape: Disk
Duration: 05:00

My girlfriend, her two children, a boy and girl aged 6 and 7 years and I were camping at an old abandoned lumber camp, which is about a four hour drive northwest of Ottawa, called the Osburn Depot. We were camped at least 70 miles away from Otter Lake the nearest town with phones and electricity. We had met a few fishermen on our way about 30 miles before we arrived at our destination. As far as we know there was no one else near us.

We loved being away from the civilization. We were having a great time, we we really roughing it and enjoyed being away from it all. No bright lights or noise for miles away. We were just taking a break from it all. The weather was beautiful. It was warm and clear with not a cloud in the sky. We swam and fished in the deep water of the John Bull Creek and gathered firewood for our second night.

After putting the kids to sleep in the tent around 11:30 PM, my girlfriend Gail and I returned to the campfire and sat together talking and just watching the fire. After a few hours we noticed just how clear a night it was, so we decided to move away from the fire in order to look at the stars. We walked to a nearby shoddy bridge, which was about 30 feet from our tent and looked towards the heavens.

The sky was full of stars, galaxies, and planets with the occasional jet or satellite streaking across the sky in their usual slow rate. We knew morning was coming because in the east you could see the sky starting to brighten a bit. The loons were starting to sing, which is a sure sign of daybreak.

In the early morning hours just before day break, things started getting weird. I noticed a strange looking light far off in the distance, unlike anything else I had ever seen. It seemed to be zigzagging, so I pointed it out to Gail. It seemed very far away, but as we focused on it we noticed it was coming towards us. It seemed unbelievable that it would be heading straight for us. I even made a half-hearted joke to Gail about it being a UFO, but soon we realized that this was no joke.

I never believed it possible, but as we watched, suddenly it was 200-300 ft. away. It was large and super reflective with lights all around its outer edge that changed colors from a deep red to a light yellow, in a circular pattern. It also had this bright glowing ball on the center of its bottom. It made no noise. It lit the sky around it. I put my hand to my face and could not believe my eyes.

Myself and Gail were terrified! We were afraid to run and by the size of it, running seemed pointless. Then we noticed on the right and left of the first ship there were two more. the sky was yellowish red and you could see the outline of the trees that they were behind. We just sat there and looked at it not really knowing what to do. So we did nothing.

Next thing we know, they are gone and it is no longer daybreak. The sky is dark again, the loons are no longer singing and it is 1:00 A.M. again! We return to the tent and sit by the fire and try and figure out what had just happened, but for some unknown reason, we are not frightened and we want to leave. So we decided to wait until morning.

We finally started to drift off to sleep near the fire when we are suddenly awakened by a loud growl/hiss and the ground trembled under us. I awoke, grabbed my shot-gun and took a shot into the darkness. Whatever it was was gone. It made no noise leaving. It may of been a bear, but a bear makes noise when running in the deep woods.

Needless to say we left, the Osburn Depot and the John Bull Creek, never to return again.

we may never know what we saw or heard that night, but one thing I know is that there are more things out there than I will ever know . . . or want to know.

A big thanks goes out to NUFORC for this sighting report.