Ramore, Ontario, Canada, August 1953August 1953

On the night of August 16, 1953, seven airmen stationed near Ramore, Ontario saw a bright orange object in the sky that hovered low on the western horizon. The first witness, Technical Sergeant Richard Hallstrom, spotted what he thought was a forest fire in the southwest and alerted Airman Second Class Donald Lyskowski. Lyskowski called the operations center three miles away on a hill to get a fix on the object's location. The object appeared diamond-shaped or like a piece of pie with the point downward, depending on which witness you asked. It remained nearly motionless at approximately 260 degrees azimuth (roughly west-southwest) and low on the horizon, stayed visible for about five minutes, disappeared briefly, then reappeared weakly before fading away completely.

All witnesses agreed on the orange color and the object's low position. The weather was clear with no moon visible. The observers were stationed about three to six miles east of the town of Ramore. No sound was heard, and the object's speed and distance could not be determined. Despite the sighting occurring at a radar-equipped military facility, no radar targets were detected on the scopes before, during, or after the visual observation. All radar units were operational at the time.

The preparing officer, Louis J. Savino, noted in his report dated August 18, 1953, that all seven witnesses held positions of responsibility in the squadron and their statements were considered reliable. The officer remarked that this was the second unidentified flying object sighting at the 912th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. The file shows no determination of what the object was.

The complete case file as held by the National Archives is reproduced below and consists of 15 pages.