UFO Sightings Increase For HBCC UFO Research (by Brian Vike)

Recently I have been reading where some believe that UFO sightings are on the decrease, due to the lack of interest and a lack of reported sightings in their areas, in Canada, the United States or worldwide. Personally I found this to be untrue in my case, mainly due to the large amount of reported sightings that I receive here at HBCC UFO Research. As a matter of fact, there is so much material coming in, that HBCC UFO Research has now gone International. The idea behind this is to have UFO investigators scattered all over the world willing to take on and investigate the cases that are sent in.
After reading an article on the decrease in UFO reports, I placed a short and to the point survey/poll on my site, just to get a feel of what others thought. Were sightings of unknown objects on the upswing, or were they indeed decreasing ?
Poll Question: Are UFO sightings on the increase ?
People were asked to check one of three boxes, yes, no or not sure. As of today out of 309 people polled, below are the results.

Yes - 208 votes, 67.31%
No - 31 votes, 10.03%
Not sure - 70 votes, 22.65%

The results give an indication how people feel about this topic.
I started HBCC UFO Research in mid 2000 at which time I only received maybe a handful of UFO sighting reports. 2001 rolled along and things picked up a little and actually I worked on several good cases which took place at the end of that year. One involving the Vanderhoof, BC crop circles and the other a cow mutilation out of the Falkland BC area. The latter one in particular I assisted the RCMP in trying to solve the mystery.
At the beginning of 2002, for whatever reason, it was like night and day. Reports started to come in at a fast and steady pace. Some of the cases were simply amazing and certainly there is no doubt in my mind that something rather unusual was taking place here in the Pacific Northwest in British Columbia. Multiple witnesses for some events, and video footage and photos taken of some of what folks were observing reiterated my thoughts on the matter.
I believe this area did become the UFO capital of Canada for two years running. (2002 - 2003).
A good example for such excellent cases took place in the summer of 2003. On July 22nd, a single report came in with multiple witnesses to a bizarre incident. What appeared to be a solid cylindrical shaped object tuned into two parts, and both parts leaving in different directions. This was the start of what people would call a UFO flap. Reports of unusual objects started to pour in from July 22 onward. From jet aircraft chasing an unknown object down Okanagan Lake, to a large circular craft having wedge shaped objects dropping from it. Green balls of light making some fantastic maneuvers in the night sky, and a major UFO event on July 28, where I ended up receiving information from well over 200 eyewitnesses.
That was followed by a missing time case out of Kelowna, BC where two women stopped at the side of a highway, got out of their vehicle and noticed lights moving across the sky and forming a triangle. As the lights dropped down from above, they became one solid, bright green neon ball of light which sat stationary ahead of the ladies just above the highway. What was to take place was an incredible experience for both women. One was left with bruising , and the other had a large burn mark on her tailbone. There also were eight independent eyewitness to the incident who observed the green ball of light hovering over the highway. After the experience one of the ladies was hospitalized and continues to have resulting medical problems.
Reported sightings kept coming in at a good rate, from 2002 and continue to this day with no slow down in reports of unexplained happenings. HBCC UFO Research took in just over 900 sighting reports in 2005 and cases are increasing each year. This year seems no different... reports keep coming in and it looks like 2006 will be another bumper year.
Many people believe we are interested only in new UFO sighting reports and not UFO experiences that go back many years. Not true. I have personally found that a lot of the older sightings were some of the most incredible experiences that people have had and you sure are welcome to submit your details of such occurrences. Many such accounts can be heard on a double Cd I've compiled. The Cds are audio reports from actual people telling me what they saw.
If you have been witness to something unusual in the day or night sky, please feel free to contact Brian at my website which can be found at: http://www.hbccufo.org or you are welcome to call me at: 250 845 2189.

Courtesy: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=8646

Brian Vike

April 25, 2006