Ottawa, Canada, May 1960May 1960

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Summary

On May 9, 1960, a witness near Ottawa, Canada, saw an unusual light in the sky. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation of one object.

The object was seen as a light. It moved in one general direction but made spurts to one side or the other while staying on a constant course overall. The witness called an airport about the sighting.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force suggested the cause was possible light refraction from fog and an inversion layer.

Reported location

Ottawa, Canada, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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; fori . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : : LE
%. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
[ 0 Wes Boll
9 May 60 EN, Cunats B Probably Belloon |

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION STR ——

Local 02 X Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 5 Broly fr avis

GMT 0907152 May 60 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft !
5. PHOTOS av « SOURCE - A Rr a

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lg Civilian 8 Possibly Astronomied
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE TREES IES HORROR
X Insufficient Data for Evaluation

Not stated one zig-zag 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object obsdrved as a light. Moving in one gen- | Suggests possible light refraction from
eral direction but with spurts to one side or | fog and inversion. However witness called
the other while remaining on a constant course. airport and no aircraft were in area at ;
As light approached it passed through a cloud | that time. Without additional information |
which gave it a "halo" effect. No sound. In- no conclusion can be reached. |
formation received in letter. Observed by
civilian and member of Canadian Air Force. :
Request for additional information not answered.
Initial observation assumed a/c coming in to
land at local airport. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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