Identified Flying Objects

February 2023 will be remembered for a renewed UFO craze, sure to spark a pop culture legacy. U.S. and Canadian fighter jets were on the lookout for balloons, after a high-altitude Chinese surveillance inflatable floated through eastern British Columbia and into Montana. It was eventually shot down off the east coast by U.S. President Joe Biden. But Metro Vancouver is no stranger to fancy objects, flying or otherwise. Take a look below.

By Bob Mackin bob@thebreaker.news

Viewers of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in 2019, and football games that U.S. long weekend, were treated to an E.T. reboot.

The Extra Terrestrial from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic returned to the screen for a Comcast Xfinity ad shot inside and outside a house on Patterdale Drive, just off Capilano Road. The Holiday Reunion ad also featured Henry Thomas, the blockbuster movie’s original Elliott.

A man decided to fly home, but ended up caught on power lines and a stop sign instead.

On April 17, 2016, a paraglider on the Grouse Mountain to Cleveland Park route strayed way off-course, landing at Montroyal Boulevard and Ranger Avenue.

Area residents made the best of the balmy evening — 2,800 residences lost power and those near the landing spot emerged from their homes to see a sight they’d never seen before and may never see again.

BC Hydro lifted the man to safety via bucket truck and he walked away a tad embarrassed, after a looksee from paramedics.

The U.S. cable company returned a year later to the forested hills of North Vancouver for another high-budget, airborne holiday extravaganza, this time starring Steve Carrell as Santa Claus.

If you were an alien looking for somewhere to land on Planet Earth, Lions Bay wouldn’t be a half-bad destination.

The house looks like it came from outer space. The hexadecagon (16-sided) house with a naturally lit three-storey atrium is like no other in the neighbourhood. It was on the market in 2020, listed by Sutton Group West Coast Realty. The 1979-built house sold for $1.225 million in June 2020, and assessed last year for $1.77 million.

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