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UFO sightings in New Westminster, British Columbia

32 UFO reports from New Westminster since 1990. The busiest year was 1997, with 4. The most common shape after plain lights: irregular. 4 were never explained.

32 reports
4 unexplained
1990 first report
2020 latest

How the reports were rated

12% unexplained
38% possibly explained
44% not enough information
6% explained

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Unexplained cases worth reading

Jul 24, 1995New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · yellow · 1 witness
Circular object with yellow square running lights; shot up leaving hole in clouds
Aug 15, 2020 21:25New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · irregular · 1 sec
Flashing light vanished, appeared as "3D box," then as if "going in to another dimension"
Oct 31, 2014 20:00New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · red, sphere · 3 witnesses · 30 min
Huge red light in sky moving in straight line, disappeared and reappeared far away iin different part of sky
Apr 16, 2007 22:00New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · grey, triangle · 1 witness · 10 min
Object outlined with many lights flew silently overhead

Every report from New Westminster

Aug 15, 2020 21:25New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · irregular · 1 sec
Flashing light vanished, appeared as "3D box," then as if "going in to another dimension"
Mar 18, 2020 05:30New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
7-8 starlike objects falling in arc to merge in one spot, disappeared
Apr 10, 2018 22:51New WestminsterExplained
Photo or video · irregular · 1 witness · 60 sec
Photo: lights seen over city [reflection]
Oct 31, 2014 20:00New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · red, sphere · 3 witnesses · 30 min
Huge red light in sky moving in straight line, disappeared and reappeared far away iin different part of sky
Oct 17, 2014New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object at night · white, sphere · 1 witness · 15 min
4 orbs zipping around in sky
Dec 8, 2013 18:50New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
"streakless light" accelerated faster than jet, disappeared into clouds
Dec 30, 2012 22:47New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object at night · yellow, sphere · 1 witness · 45 sec
Light moved across sky, changed colour, faded
Oct 1, 2012 20:58New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object at night · white, triangle · 1 witness · 10 sec
Object with lights circling, high in sky, zoomed away
August 2010New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
Light seen; whirring sound heard?
May 8, 2010 02:00New WestminsterNot enough information
Object at night · red · 3 witnesses
Dark spinning object
Jul 14, 2008 14:00New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object by day · black, irregular · 2 witnesses · 10 min
Object like "killer whale swimming in air"
Jul 13, 2008 23:15New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object at night · sphere · 1 sec
Distant object moving S-E
Apr 16, 2008 03:00New WestminsterNot enough information
Object at night · rectangle · 1 sec
5 squarish lights shining in window
Apr 16, 2007 22:00New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · grey, triangle · 1 witness · 10 min
Object outlined with many lights flew silently overhead
Jul 16, 2005 15:30New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object by day · grey, triangle · 2 witnesses
Dark objects near balloons
Apr 21, 2005 06:00New WestminsterNot enough information
Object by day · round · 1 witness · 3 sec
Object moving over Fraser River, heading upstream
Apr 4, 2004 23:59New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object at night · red, cigar · 1 witness
2 red cigar-shaped UFOs flew horizontally, like fireballs
Nov 30, 2003 16:30New WestminsterPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, irregular · 1 witness
Streak near. horizon went L-R, then reversed R-L
Aug 11, 2003 18:20New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object by day · black, oval · 2 witnesses · 30 sec
Object filmed with camcorder, balloon?
Aug 5, 2002 22:12New WestminsterNot enough information
Object at night · 1 witness · 6 min
Object went N, then W, lower then higher
Jan 1, 2002 07:00New WestminsterNot enough information
Object by day · 2 witnesses · 20 min
Bright light on side of mountains.; released cloud
Nov 11, 1997 15:20New WestminsterPossibly explained
Object by day · white, point of light · 2 witnesses
Flash drew attention to "dot" moving over river to SSE
Apr 7, 1997 22:15New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
Changed colors(3 times) then moved 20 degrees west and changed color
Apr 5, 1997 23:58New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · yellow · 1 witness · 153 min
Blue beam draw something int craft;bob up and down, left-right
Jan 14, 1997 04:03New WestminsterExplained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Starlike object identified as Mars
Jul 26, 1996 22:45New WestminsterNot enough information
Light at night · 2 witnesses · 2 min
Couple observed "unusual looking bright objects in a vertical formation."
Jul 24, 1995New WestminsterUnexplained
Object at night · yellow · 1 witness
Circular object with yellow square running lights; shot up leaving hole in clouds
Apr 12, 1995New WestminsterPossibly explained
Light at night · 3 witnesses · 25 min
1/4 mi. distant, one object shone beams of light on ground
May 17, 1992 21:30New WestminsterNot enough information
Close encounter · silver, disc · 3 witnesses · 10 min
Disc with blue 'laser beams'
May 4, 1990 16:50New WestminsterNot enough information
Object by day · red · 1 witness · 5 min
Object high in NW, changed from bright red to "flashing mirror"?
Apr 25, 1990 04:00New WestminsterPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 60 min
UFO seen?
Apr 17, 1990 16:45New WestminsterNot enough information
Object by day · silver · 1 witness · 10 sec
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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.