A Moncton man is convinced what he saw off the north shore of P.E.I. was a UFO, and believes he has the video to prove it.

John Sheppard was camping at Twin Shores campground, near Kensington, with his wife in June 2014.

He was about to join his wife, who was already asleep in the tent, at around 11:30 p.m. when out of the corner of his eye he saw a light out over the water.

After watching the diamond-shaped light dancing about 75 meters above the water, around a kilometre off shore, for several minutes, Sheppard grabbed his cell phone and started filming. He narrates as he watches what he calls a light show.

"It's flashing bright, on and off a little bit. It reminds me of a dreidel or spinadrenaline kicked in.

"I was very nervous. You know, I don't really want to admit that, but, yeah, I was pretty nervous."

He continued filming but huddled close to a bush so he was hidden.

"I didn't want to be seen by it. I didn't want it coming over."

Then about eight minutes after he started filming, the light disappears.

UFO investigator steps in

Sheppard sent his video to the Mutual UFO Network of Canada. MUFON is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the study of UFOs.

Assistant director Stu Bundy said an investigator was assigned and every effort was made to explain what Sheppard had captured on tape.

MUFON assistant director for Canada Stu Bundy said confirmed UFO sightings in Canada are extremely rare. (LinkedIn )

Bundy estimates there are about a thousand reports of possible