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 香蕉视频直播渁nomalies香蕉视频直播� that took place Dec. 15 afternoon, reported seeing what he initially thought was a waterspout forming.

In an interview with Peace Arch News, Kilback said the morphing object first looked like a plume of smoke or mist.

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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.

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Shannon Stewart, who also observed the unusual object, described it as 香蕉视频直播渞eally weird.香蕉视频直播�

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

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

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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 香蕉视频直播� such as a vessel 香蕉视频直播� can appear distorted.

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

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

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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.

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

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Kilback, however, isn香蕉视频直播檛 convinced.

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