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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  25 Feb 58 | Glenwood, Newfoundland | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 12. WAS Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local about midnight GMT 25/0330Z | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronautic ☐ Probably Astronautic ☐ Possibly Astronautic  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | 12. Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | Civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH …

AFP 4A to
C55-00-72 (CC)
Dated 1 Mar 58.

NARRATIVE REPORT ON SIGHTINGS OF AN OBJECT PREPARED TO BE AN UNIDENTIFIED FIXING OBJECT

1. The following are extracts from the Daily Log of 72 GOCs Detachment, Gander, concerning sightings of unidentified objects on 25 and 26 Feb 58.

25/0410Z - Aircraft Flash received from a Mr. [redacted] at Glenwood. He saw a disc like object fell from sky, on fire. Capable advised.

25/0420Z - Gander ATC enquired about Aircraft Flash.

25/0425Z - Called Mr. [redacted] for more information.

25/0445Z - Aircraft Flash from Glenwood. Mr. [redacted] reported that he a…

the same position as yesterday.

26/0444B - Dividend called and asked if we had any more information. RCMP also called.

26/0500Z - 64th W. called for information on Aircraft Flash from Glenwood.

26/0510Z - Called Mr. for more information.

26/0920Z - Dividend called enquiring about how reliable Mr. RCMP also made the same enquiry.

2 The Detachment Commander made several calls to Mr. on 25 Feb 58 for additional information on the original sighting and also to obtain some of his personal past history. has recently been released from the RCAF after serving for a period of two years as a Genera…

2. Cross reference with respect to special service involved.
1a. Mr. [redacted] [illegible]
1b. [redacted] [illegible]
1c. [illegible] (2)

3. The three (3) specialists were sighting apparently were not isolated, and probably influenced the others.

4. Tomorrow there were four (4) regular sightings plotted at the time of Mr. [illegible] report which remain till 1931.

5. Pardon further supposition of [illegible] [illegible] will reduce in VACANONA.

At 10:40 A.M., 25 February 1945, a call was received from Mr. [redacted] and was received from [redacted] on the [redacted] account, New-Gunfield. He reported the sighting of a [redacted] like object falling from the sky and on fire.

Later during the day Mr. [redacted] called and stated he had visited the area where the object had touched landed and found a clearing 1/4 mile by 1000 ft, trees freshly broken and uprooted, and snow was cleared away in a perfect triangle. The snow was depressed and plowed up at one end. There were no signs of heat or tracks. He also stated that a Mrs. [redacted]…

CONFIDENTIAL

At 12:40 A.M., 25 February 1958, a call was received from Mr. [redacted] at Glenwood, Newfoundland. He reported the sighting of a disc like object falling from the sky and on fire.

Later during the day Mr. [redacted] called and stated he had visited the area where the object had touched landed and found a clearing 1/4 mile by 1000 ft, trees, freshly broken and uprooted, and snow cleared away in a perfect triangle. The snow was depressed and plowed up at one end. There were no signs of heat or tracks. He also stated that a Mrs. [redacted] and her daughter of Glenwood had seen a l…

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At 10:45 A.M., 27 February 1958, a ground party left Glenwood with Mr. [redacted] to locate the clearing he claimed to have found, with no success.

Two officials of the Bowaters Woods Department, Glenwood, who knew Mr. [redacted] for some time, were interviewed. It was learned that Mr. [redacted] has a reputation - to put it mildly - [redacted]. This is borne out by the fact that during the search, he made several inquiries as to whether this incident would receive any publicity. When he was informed that it probably would not, his assurance that he could find the clearing again became l…