Toronto, Canada, September 1947 - Incident Number: 18September 1947

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Toronto, Canada, September 1947 - Incident Number: 18 in September 1947. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 2.

Reported location

Toronto, Canada, September 1947 - Incident Number: 18

Date of incident

September 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVISION Incident #18
RUIC NO. - - - DATE OF INCIDENT - - 20 Sept 47
AF NO. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOCATION - - - Toronto, Canada
REPORT NO. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SOURCE - - - Two Civilians
DATE OF REPORT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DATE lst TO ATIC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
TYPE OF FLIGHT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COLOR - - - Yellow
SHAPE - - - - - ball - - - - - - - - - - SPEED - - - - - - - - Variable?
SIZE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ALTITUDE - - - - - - - [illegible]
COURSE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED - - - - - -
NO. IN GROUP - - - - - one - - - - - - - - TYPE OF OBSERVATION - - - - - - - -
WORD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NAMED/BERG - - - - - - - -
FH #O1 - - - - - SKETCHES - - - - - - - - REMARKS: Proved to be a hoax.
Temporary ATC Form 329
(2 Jun 53)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28929957

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Photographic Division

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Toronto Toronto, Canada

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1947 1947-09-01 20 September 1947