Strange light in the sky

Photo: Contributed - Ruth Jeffrey

Two photos of the object seen Saturday night.

A West Kelowna resident has some questions after seeing a strange light in the sky this past weekend.

Ruth Jeffrey said she was out on her porch near Boucherie Road, looking west, when she saw a large, bright object in the sky.

“It was very bright, it was definitely not a star,” Jeffrey said. “This thing was big.”

She said it wasn’t completely circular, but had a tail off the end of it.

Jeffrey said it was very high in the sky and stationary for some time. Then it disappeared.

“It didn’t stay there, a star stays in the sky,” she said.

Dave Fuller, deputy director at Kelowna International Airport, said there was a brush fire around the Peachland area Saturday night.

“They might have had a spotter aircraft out there just doing an assessment,” Fulller said. “That would be about the only thing I could think of.”

He said he had heard no other reports from other people about seeing lights in the sky on Saturday.

Jeffrey was able to take a few pictures, but said her camera wasn’t good enough to fully capture it.

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