Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 1955October 1955

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Summary

On October 19, 1955, at night near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, witnesses reported an object. The observers were a civilian control tower operator at an air station and a civilian doctor in the city. The sighting lasted about one hour and 15 minutes.

The witnesses could not tell the object's shape but said it had flashing red, green, and orange lights, each about the size of a matchhead. The red and green lights would flash, then the red light would be replaced by a flashing orange light. The object moved fast in a northerly direction and seemed to disappear over the horizon. It was seen at about 320 degrees from the airfield tower. Binoculars were used.

A jet was sent up to investigate but got a negative identification. The Air Force concluded the sighting was the star Arcturus, which was at about 310 to 320 degrees azimuth.

Reported location

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, October 1955

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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|" | 3. DATE-TiuME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i hl aa Ah Lo
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3 : GMT 19/ 02182 DO Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 2) Possibly a :
. .'- } 5 PHOTOS . SOURCE OX Was Astronomical Arcturus
i: Q Yes : O Probably Astronomical
Eo Mo z SE PT DO Possibly Astronomical
[| 7. LENGTH OF GBSERVATION. B NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Coo SER En pe
Eo. . DO Insufficient Data for Evaluction
| Ss : O Unknown
[. ho. GRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
|: |Unable te determine shape, but obj had flash- [Arcturus at 310° az. peg
| - . ing red, green & orange lights. Red & green
| © |lights would flash then the red lights would be $ i
E replaced by a flashing orange lights. Moved P8 GE
.  _ |fast in a N direction. A/I results - negative. : {
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