British Columbia, Canada, February 1960February 1960

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Summary

In February 1960, someone reported that a mysterious spacecraft had crashed in a remote, heavily forested area of British Columbia, Canada near the town of Aggassis. The report came through the Havas News Agency in Paris and described an object about 200 yards across, weighing around 1,000 tons, made of stainless steel or a similar metallic material. According to the account, Athabaskan and Chilkoot Indian scouts said the object came down at a steep angle, struck a lake, skipped across it at high speed, bounced again on the Fraser River, and finally came to rest in thick forest where dense trees concealed it from the air. Witnesses reported the object gave off a glow or some kind of radiation.

The U.S. Air Force took the report seriously enough to investigate. Air Force intelligence officers listed several reasons to doubt the story. The letter claiming to be from Paris was actually postmarked from Davenport, Iowa. An object 600 feet wide and weighing 2 million pounds would have torn a visible path through the forest, not remained hidden. The report lacked details about the actual witnesses. Despite these doubts, U.S. officials asked the Air Force attache in Canada to check with the Canadian government. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated and concluded the report was a hoax. The Canadian government found no foundation for the claim and took no further action.

The full case file, spanning 31 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

British Columbia, Canada, February 1960

Date of incident

February 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

31 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

I & . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD C—O =~ Se = EB a ee ee et ee A et ee a ie ws 0 ets SA Hee et WA B.S eatin 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS February, 1960 ( British Columbia, Canada 0 Wos Balloon y 0 Probably Balloon : 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Rossi y. Sel buN | 3 : g "10 Was Aircraft 3 Ly I REAL ER A PH SESE 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft j FV; ee Pe RE Se DO Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercaps Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical : 0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical 0 Ne Civilain 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE & Other HAAX - Hoax O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation : O Unknown 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One similNRNNNg 1 cpor-ted that an object Concur with the report of the Canadian | J from outer snace landed in a remole region Government, of British Columbia. He reported this to the US Navy, the Canadian Govt. and several other organizations. The Royal Canadian Mounted ~ Police investigated the report and considered it a hoax after checking the information given in Kramers letters. ATIC FORM 3129 (REV 26 SEP 52) ’