Canada sightings / British Columbia / Delta
UFO sightings in Delta, British Columbia
39 UFO reports from Delta since 1990. The busiest year was 2000, with 6. The most common shape after plain lights: irregular. 6 were never explained.
- 39 reports
- 6 unexplained
- 1990 first report
- 2023 latest
How the reports were rated
- 15% unexplained
- 33% possibly explained
- 44% not enough information
- 8% explained
Reports by year
Unexplained cases worth reading
- Nov 16, 1992 00:30DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · triangle · 1 witness · 4 sec
Delta wing, noise heard
- Aug 7, 1990 23:45DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · multicoloured, boomerang · 4 witnesses · 15 min
3 shimmering translucent gold objects Connected by blue beams
- Sep 26, 2005 12:10DeltaUnexplained
Object by day · silver, cigar · 1 witness · 10 min
Metallic tubular object, revolving, reflecting sunlight, going SE-NW
- May 10, 2004 20:00DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · grey, triangle · 2 witnesses · 5 min
3 lights on triangular object stationary in sky
- Dec 11, 2001 08:45DeltaUnexplained
Object by day · blue · 1 witness
Neon ring faster than plane, moving S
- Nov 3, 1997 23:25DeltaUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 15 min
Sm. erratically-moving light over river; joined by 2nd; disappeared, reappeared,
Every report from Delta
- July 2023DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · white, sphere · 1 witness
Photo: configuration of ball of light with smaller lights [NB: no data]
- June 2023DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · white, irregular · 1 witness
Photo: lights, objects in sky? [NB: no data]
- November 2022 20:40DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · 1 witness
Two huge dark flying craft, made large shadow, whooshing sound
- Aug 4, 2015DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Bright white light in sky, could have been a plane
- May 21, 2015 23:00DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · irregular
Strange lightning in sky
- Sep 1, 2014 12:25DeltaExplained
Object by day · irregular · 1 witness · 60 sec
Small irregular object in sky (possibly a toy drone pic)
- Apr 30, 2013DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 witness · 20 sec
Large object with 5 smaller ones flying around it (like bugs)
- September 2012DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · irregular · 2 sec
3 objects like "iPhones in cases" flying overhead
- Mar 25, 2012 22:00DeltaPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 2 witnesses · 20 sec
Bright light grew into crescent, shrank back to ball, vanished
- Oct 22, 2011 01:00DeltaPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, triangle · 2 witnesses
Object hovered/flew over city, near airport
- Sep 20, 2011 10:45DeltaNot enough information
Object by day · silver, disc · 1 witness
Silent object flew overhead
- Nov 23, 2008 18:10DeltaPossibly explained
Object at night · white, irregular · 1 witness
Object like V formation of geese
- Feb 21, 2008 00:20DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses
Starlike object flashing colours
- Jun 3, 2006 18:25DeltaPossibly explained
Object by day · silver · 1 witness · 2 min
Small object seen high in sky, moving slowly.
- Sep 26, 2005 12:10DeltaUnexplained
Object by day · silver, cigar · 1 witness · 10 min
Metallic tubular object, revolving, reflecting sunlight, going SE-NW
- Apr 18, 2005 21:10Delta
- Mar 12, 2005 19:42DeltaExplained
Light at night · fireball · 3 sec
Bright fireball seen over wide area
- May 10, 2004 20:00DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · grey, triangle · 2 witnesses · 5 min
3 lights on triangular object stationary in sky
- Mar 5, 2003 12:30DeltaNot enough information
Object by day · black, disc · 1 witness · 10 sec
Saucer traveling N-S, wobbled, then accelerated out of sight to S
- Jan 3, 2003DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · silver, cigar · 1 witness
Big tube with 2 black windows; beeping noise; 20m high, speed of jet
- Dec 11, 2001 08:45DeltaUnexplained
Object by day · blue · 1 witness
Neon ring faster than plane, moving S
- Nov 22, 2000 08:30DeltaNot enough information
Object by day · silver, cylinder · 1 witness
Witness viewed slow-moving object while driving on highway. Watching it intermittently. Seemed to repeatedly disappear and reappe
- Oct 21, 2000 08:25DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · silver, ball · 1 witness · 5 sec
High velocity, fairly high altitude (est. 20 to 30,000 feet)
- Oct 2, 2000 21:00DeltaPossibly explained
Object at night · red, boomerang · 1 witness · 60 sec
Upon hearing a radio report regarding 10/02/20:45, witness went outside and saw craft with red light on each wing-tip. Moved slowly f
- Sep 2, 2000 00:35DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · white · 2 witnesses · 30 sec
1 light travelling in steady path. Two other lights that seemed to zig-zag.
- Aug 3, 2000 07:40DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · white · 1 witness
Driving on the road, observed object that appeared to be stationery, at an estimated height of 2000 feet. Situated in SSW at about 25
- Jul 14, 2000 23:00DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 2 witnesses · 15 min
The witnesses observed light trailing an airliner. Light eventually climbed alititude and disappeared.
- Jul 24, 1999 23:08DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · yellow, point of light · 1 witness · 6 sec
Light going NW-SE; dimmed & vanished; moving like satellite
- Feb 22, 1999 18:50DeltaPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 70 min
2 stationary lights in W
- Nov 20, 1997 18:00DeltaExplained
Light at night · yellow, point of light · 4 witnesses · 20 min
Bright stationary light near. horizon; flickered; pulsated; Mars
- Nov 3, 1997 23:25DeltaUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 15 min
Sm. erratically-moving light over river; joined by 2nd; disappeared, reappeared,
- Aug 18, 1997DeltaNot enough information
Object at night · white · 1 witness · 2 min
4 strobes on underside; no noise; no r/g nav lights visible
- Nov 16, 1992 00:30DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · triangle · 1 witness · 4 sec
Delta wing, noise heard
- Sep 7, 1991 03:10DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 10 sec
UFO seen?
- Jan 25, 1991 22:40DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · green, point of light · 2 witnesses · 20 sec
Object seemed to land in field; "earthquake light"?
- Sep 1, 1990 22:30DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness · 9 min
UFO seen
- Aug 7, 1990 23:45DeltaUnexplained
Object at night · multicoloured, boomerang · 4 witnesses · 15 min
3 shimmering translucent gold objects Connected by blue beams
- Apr 25, 1990 02:35DeltaNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 3 min
UFO seen?
- Jan 11, 1990 11:45DeltaNot enough information
Object by day · silver, cigar · 1 witness · 60 sec
Object like "helicopter without blades"
No report matches.
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About this data
These reports come from the Canadian UFO Survey, compiled each year since 1989 by Ufology Research of Winnipeg. Each year the survey gathers sightings sent to police, airports, the military, researchers and UFO groups across the country, and rates each one. We left out every report the survey received from MUFON, NUFORC or Enigma Labs, so the totals here are lower than in the survey itself.
The ratings are the survey's: explained means a likely cause was found (a plane, a planet, a satellite re-entry), possibly explained means there's a good guess, and unexplained means the investigators couldn't find one. Notes are short summaries, lightly tidied. Most places are the nearest town, not the exact spot.