Boomerang-Shaped Craft Over North Vancouver

About 10:50 pm on May 15, 2000, two friends, Pete and Lui, were
on the rooftop patio of Pete's condominium building in North
Vancouver. Although viewing conditions weren't great (a full moon
and a lot of light pollution), they were taking advantage of their
schedules, and the clear weather, to do a little skywatching. Lui was
scanning the skies with his new wide-angle binoculars while Pete
was making adjustments to his telescope. Pete heard Lui call his
name a couple of times, but he didn't look up until he heard Lui say,
"What the Hell is that?". Luckily, Pete was kneeling beside his
telescope, about 10 feet south of Lui so that when he looked up he
was at the right
angle to see the
object. They both
saw a large boomerang-shaped craft in the northern sky,
travelling west. It was big, silent and moving fast. Pete said
that the first things that caught his eye were the seven wide
triangles - one in the center and 3 down each side (see
drawings). The triangles were dim, not illuminated, and the
rest of the craft was "transparent black".

When Pete first saw the object it was due north, about 45
degrees above the horizon, and was only in view about 5
seconds before it disappeared behind the roof of the
condominium. Lui had originally seen it further to the east,
but estimates he viewed it for less than 10 seconds. They
agree that it was about 1000 feet above the ground and width
of 3 fingers held at arm's length. A rough calculation based
on all of the information would put the object in the range of
140 feet long (approximately the same width also). UFO
researcher Martin Jasek, of Whitehorse, cautions us with
this: "A word about guessing distances. Human binocular
vision ends at about 30 feet. One may be able to estimate
distance substantially beyond this limit if one is looking at a
familiar object such as a person, car, Cessna or 747. Unfortunately, UFOs aren't usually familiar objects."
Both Pete and Lui are married with children, work as Automotive Technicians and share an interest in
Physics, Astronomy and the topic of UFOs. Although Lui provided an excellent drawing, he was
reluctantmeet with us to discuss the sighting. What he saw that night has left him with an unsettled feeling and
the "heebie-jeebies".