Collins, Ontario, Canada, November 1961November 1961

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Summary

On November 15, 1961, a civilian in Collins, Ontario, Canada, reported an object at about 8:42 p.m. local time. The witness was skating on a pond about a half mile from town when he saw a very large ball of fire. It traveled through the air at low altitude, below the clouds, heading from east to west at a good speed, about five miles away. The witness said it was not an aircraft or a weather balloon. One object was seen. The sky was 4,000 feet overcast at 8:30 p.m. and 3,000 feet overcast at 9:00 p.m. The Air Force noted the overcast may have been local and the object some distance away. It listed the case as a probable meteor of the fireball type.

Reported location

Collins, Ontario, Canada, November 1961

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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] ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

] : 0 Was Balloon

1 15 toy 61 Collins, Ontario, Canada 0 Probably Balloon

7 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION We LORE HOON

1 204) we " 0 Wos Aircraft

Local —_—— em BGround-VYisual 0 Ground-Rodor Q Probably Aircraft

1 ERR a RR D AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
EF 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical ACTCO (2
3 O Yes ‘83 Probably Astronomical

3 DNo civilian D Possibly Astronomical

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EF: OY i Ty
4 8) ra bid Data for Evaluation
E : 0

9 Taw minutes 1 E-W kde

3 liv BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGBall of fire traveling 11. COMMENTS Pcscipility that overcast was
: B-W 2+ low eltitude. Weather LOOT overcast at local and observation was some distance
3 12035 and 3000 overcast at 2100. Objt below away. Viewed for few minutes not accurate
. slouds, it goon speed in straignt flight. estimate of time. Ohjt has all character-
3 istics of fireball and case is listed as
4 probable meteor of this type.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995594