One quiet evening in Williams Lake, British Columbia, I found myself gazing almost straight up but towards the northeast, initially mistaking a bright, stationary light in the sky for a star or planet. This “star” wasn’t ordinary. It began to flash brilliantly, brightening and dimming in an almost hypnotic rhythm that caught my full attention. As I continued to watch, the light’s color shifted dramatically, deepening into a rusty hue before it resumed motion.
The object, seemingly distant like a satellite, moved slowly eastward across a small segment of the horizon—no more than a hand’s width from my line of sight. Unlike the swift satellites I had seen before, this light moved deliberately and quietly before it finally faded out of view after about 15 seconds.
This brief, eerie spectacle left me with more questions than answers and a lingering sense that something beyond our familiar night sky had revealed itself, if only for a moment. Could this light be a glimpse into the unknown, a serene yet strange visitor passing silently overhead? For any enthusiast of the unexplained, such a sighting in the quiet Canadian night remains deeply compelling and ripe with mystery.