CaseLight1978

St. Albert (Canada), AB, Canada

This event happened many years ago; however, I felt compelled to write about it as to this day, I still think about it. At the time, I

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (134 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-07-15
Where
St. Albert (Canada), AB, Canada
Shape
Light
Duration
20 Minutes
Geo
53.633, -113.635 · exact
Slug
light-over-st-albert-canada-ab-1978-8ab67e
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

    Colares & Operação Prato

    Ilha de Colares and the Baixo Amazonas, Pará, Brazil

    The most physically aggressive wave on record. Luminous objects — locals called them 'chupa-chupa' (sucker-sucker) — descended nightly over fishing villages, projecting beams that left burns, puncture marks, anemia and…

In context

  • This is one of 11 reports logged in St. Albert (Canada), Canada.
  • This case is one of 15 Canada reports filed in 1978.
  • Light craft made up 11.6% of 1970s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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