A mysterious, unidentified flying object over Semiahmoo Bay has caught the attention, and imagination, of some White Rock residents.

Matt Kilback first reported seeing the unusual object to a White Rock Facebook group last week.

Kilback, who was asking if anyone else saw the B次元官网网址渁nomaliesB次元官网网址� that took place Dec. 15 afternoon, reported seeing what he initially thought was a waterspout forming.

In an interview with Peace Arch B次元官网网址, Kilback said the morphing object first looked like a plume of smoke or mist.

B次元官网网址淪uper saturated, dark, low-hanging, free-moving cloud that looked like it was trying to touch down on the water to form a waterspout. Up above it, there were literally circle clouds,B次元官网网址� Kilback said.

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B次元官网网址淎s soon as it touched the water, it would start pulling water up and then it would collapse. And then it would disappear for a second, almost as if it would go into the water, and it would start reforming again in another spot.B次元官网网址�

Kilback said the object was about 2-5 kilometres out in the bay, but says he got a pretty decent look at it coming out of the water.

B次元官网网址淚t was forming like a sort of funnel shape sort of thing. And then it completely came out of the water, and it came probably a few hundred feet up, and then it came back down and it totally submerged itself and formed, it looked like, a solid formation under the water. And then it started moving without making any splashes. It wasnB次元官网网址檛 disturbing the water at all, but you could see clearly it was a round object that was submerged right under the surface of the water and it was moving incredible speeds.B次元官网网址�

Shannon Stewart, who also observed the unusual object, described it as B次元官网网址渞eally weird.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭here was a dark shadow moving across the water, then it would disappear and reappear moving in the other direction. This went on for a long time,B次元官网网址� Stewart told PAN.

B次元官网网址淲e used binoculars to look because we thought it was a whale in the bay or a flock of birds, maybe. But we couldnB次元官网网址檛 see any birds, but there was something at the tip of the shadow coming out of the water like a seal or something.B次元官网网址�

Asked if what Stewart observed could have been a submarine, she said no.

B次元官网网址淚t definitely wasnB次元官网网址檛 a submarine. It didnB次元官网网址檛 move like a submarine at all.B次元官网网址�

Kilback offered two theories, suggesting the object was related to US Navy technology or it was extraterrestrial.

B次元官网网址淚t looked like either nano-tech, or it was ethereal, man. IB次元官网网址檓 telling you. I do believe that we canB次元官网网址檛 be the only ones in this universe. You canB次元官网网址檛 help but think aliens, man,B次元官网网址� Kilback said.

Contacted by PAN, White Rock Sea Tours owner Andrew Newman, who has spent countless hours in Semiahmoo Bay, weighed in on what the object could have been.

Newman said when the atmospheric conditions are just right, objects in the water B次元官网网址� such as a vessel B次元官网网址� can appear distorted.

B次元官网网址淚t looks like a mirage,B次元官网网址� Newman said.

Another theory, which Newman agreed is most likely, is that it could have been a flock of birds.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e seen that in the distance, and that is ridiculous, too. That looks like a flying saucer,B次元官网网址� Newman said.

Local photographer and birder pointed to Dunlin, small birds that flock in numbers up to 40,000.

B次元官网网址淚 can totally understand why (some) think itB次元官网网址檚 alien or other worldly!B次元官网网址� Paton wrote to PAN. B次元官网网址淏ut theyB次元官网网址檙e tiny little birds!B次元官网网址�

Paton explained that the birds arrive over winter and move up and down the coast in great numbers before returning to the Arctic in the summer.

B次元官网网址淎s they turn and catch the light they seem to disappear for a while but then catch the light B次元官网网址� black and then white B次元官网网址� absolutely brilliant to watch,B次元官网网址� she wrote.

Paton said the birds are about the size of a thumb.

B次元官网网址淭heir dance or murmuration is usually a defence manoeuvre to evade peregrine falcons,B次元官网网址� Paton wrote. B次元官网网址淭hey flash and swoop and vanish and try to trick the falcon.B次元官网网址�

Kilback, however, isnB次元官网网址檛 convinced.

B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 no chance it was birds. Not at all, man.B次元官网网址�