The Mothership Over Canada

On December 11, 1996, witnesses across the Yukon Territory observed a UFO of staggering size—estimates ranged from a mile to multiple miles in length. At least 31 people across multiple communities saw the same craft. It remains Canada’s most significant mass UFO sighting.

The Night

December 11, 1996:

• Yukon Territory
• Multiple communities
• Clear visibility
• Evening hours
• Mass sighting

The Witnesses

Who saw it:

• 31+ confirmed
• Truck drivers
• Families
• First Nations peoples
• Various locations

The Size

Estimated scale:

• One mile minimum
• Some say larger
• Blocked starfield
• Enormous
• Beyond anything known

The Shape

Description:

• Cigar or cylindrical
• Multiple lights
• Rows of windows?
• Structured
• Not natural

The Lights

What was visible:

• Multiple colors
• Rows of lights
• Window-like
• Patterned
• Clearly artificial

Geographic Spread

Where seen:

• Fox Lake
• Carmacks
• Pelly Crossing
• Multiple communities
• Same time

Fox Lake

Key location:

• Family sighting
• Excellent view
• Duration observed
• Multiple witnesses
• Detailed account

The Fox Lake Family

What they saw:

• Massive craft
• Overhead
• Multiple minutes
• Lights visible
• Terrified

Trucker Sightings

Highway witnesses:

• Multiple drivers
• Alaska Highway
• Same craft
• Same time
• Independent

First Nations Reports

Indigenous witnesses:

• Traditional territory
• Also saw craft
• Similar description
• Different locations
• Corroborating

Investigation

Who looked:

• Martin Jasek
• UFO*BC organization
• Witness interviews
• Comprehensive
• Well-documented

The Duration

How long:

• Multiple minutes
• Slow movement
• Prolonged observation
• Detailed viewing
• Not brief

Altitude

How low:

• Relatively close
• Clear detail visible
• Not high altitude
• Impressive
• Overwhelming

The Report

Documentation:

• 31 witnesses
• Detailed interviews
• Sketches
• Comprehensive case file
• Published

No Explanation

Official response:

• No military activity
• No civilian aircraft
• No natural explanation
• Unknown
• Still unsolved

The Scale Problem

Why significant:

• Size unprecedented
• Multiple communities
• Same time
• Same description
• Not misidentification

Canadian Context

National importance:

• Largest Canadian sighting
• Multiple credible witnesses
• Remote location
• No light pollution
• Clear observation

Significance

31+ witnesses across the Yukon Territory observing a mile-wide UFO simultaneously in one of Canada’s most credible mass sightings.

Legacy

The Yukon Mothership proved that some UFOs are too big to miss—a mile-wide craft seen by dozens of people across multiple communities cannot be explained away as Venus or a weather balloon.