Case file · Sighting

The Yukon 'mothership'

On the evening of 11 December 1996 people in Fox Lake, Carmacks, Pelly Crossing and Mayo, along the Klondike Highway, reported a slow, enormous lighted object.

1996 CE · 61.23, -135.47 · status: account

The account

Researcher Martin Jasek of UFO*BC interviewed more than 30 witnesses and published his report in 1999. Their estimates of its size ranged from hundreds of metres to over a kilometre. Many accounts describe rows of lights rather than a solid outline.

The sceptical view

Size and distance are almost impossible to judge for lights at night; a satellite or rocket re-entry has been suggested, though Jasek argued the timing does not fit.

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Sources

  1. Jasek, UFO*BC case report
  2. Whitehorse Star: Yukoners to put UFOs under scrutiny
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