On a quiet evening in Grande Prairie, Alberta, something unusual caught my eye—a glowing horizontal red rectangle suspended in the night sky. It was around 11 PM on September 27, 2022, when, while waiting at my mother’s hospice room, I noticed this strange formation. My mother was in palliative care, and I was reflecting on life as I often do during these long nights.
What I saw was unlike any conventional aircraft or known phenomenon. The object looked like two stacked red bars, resembling an Oreo cookie turned sideways, with a subtle glow or haze surrounding it. The sky was clear, with no rain or clouds and no nearby red traffic or other lights that could account for this. For about five minutes, it hovered silently in the northern sky, motionless and luminous, then abruptly vanished as mysteriously as it appeared.
This experience remains etched in my memory—a glimpse of something beyond explanation, a haunting moment of cosmic mystery right above Grande Prairie. For all who gaze skyward searching for answers, this red rectangle remains an unforgettable enigma in the night.