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Incident #203

ATIC HO. --- UNCLASSIFIED DATE OF TIME 17 Nov 48 Peace River, Canada
AF HO. --- LOCATION 56°10'N - 117°30'W
REPORT HO. --- SOURCE: A/c Crew
DATE OF REPORT --- DATE IN TO ATIC ---
TIME OF DISPOSING 1418 TALO Flaming Orange
SHAPE Egg w/tail SPIES very fast Mon. dur. Lat. 18,000' EST
SIZE 50' Diameter
COURSE SE
NO. IN GROUP 1
LINED ---
FICTED --- CHRONOLOGY --- Maneuver
Temporary ATIC Form 329 UNCLASSIFIED
(2 Jan 52) Fimball

Incident #203 -- Alberta Province, Canada -- 17 November 1948

The object reported in this incident was certainly a fireball. The description fits very closely.

UNCLASSIFIED
7-3712-12

HEADQUARTERS
AIR WEATHER SERVICE
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.

In Reply
Refer To: AFS DSS
11 May 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAXS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949.

2. The incident summaries 173 through 233 have been checked against routine weather-balloon ascents made by the Air Force, Navy and Weather Bur…

17 Nov 48

No. 203: Again last scheduled release was over five hours prior to sighting. Only possibility, and a definitely unlikely one, is a lighted balloon falling in flames from an extremely high altitude.

SECRET
(To be filled in by the President in file)
UNCLASSIFIED

1. Date of Observation 17th Nov. 1943 Incident: 203

2. Time of Observation 1415 Z

3. Where was Object(s) Sighted 56° 10' North Latitude by 117° 30' West Longitude Peace River, Alberta Province - some 250 miles NW of Edmonton

4. Observer's Position From 7,000 ft enroute to Kittigamuit, N. W. T. from Edmonton. (i.e. ground, air, control tower, etc.)
1st Lt James Toomey, Edmonton, Alberta, Can.
S/Sgt Onno U. BILLY, AF 20715576, Radio Operator Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

(?) Pilot & Radio Operator with crew

5. Name and Address…

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT, 1701ST AIR TRANSPORT WING
GPO/od
CONTINENTAL DIVISION, MAIS
19 Nov 48
EUMONTON ALBERTA CANADA

SUBJECT: Observation of an Object in the Atmosphere

TO: Commanding General
Air Material Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTENTION: MCIAXO-3

1. The following report of an object observed by 1st Lt. James Toomey is submitted in compliance with Secret Letter dtd 20 Oct 48 from MAIS Headquarters, subject: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs".

a. Location and time of sighting - 117° 30' W Longitude
36° 10' N Latitude
1413Z 17 November 1948

b. Weather…

UNCLASSIFIED Incident: 203

A bright flaming orange object similar in shape to an egg with a tail was observed near Peace River, Alberta Province, some 250 miles NW of Edmonton, by 1st Lt James Toomey & S/Sgt Onno C. Blink, Radio Operator, while on first leg of flight from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Kittigazuit, N. W. 7. The object was momentarily sighted above a deck of broken stratus clouds. The crew were flying at 7,000 ft HEL on top of an overcast when the object was sighted. Altitude was judged as approximately 18,000 feet and the object appeared in a shallow dive. There was no sou…

UNCLASSIFIED

SUB: Observation of an Object in the Atmosphere

(7) Maneuverability - Appeared to be in a shallow dive.
(8) Altitude - Approximately 13,000 feet.
(9) Sound - None
(10) Exhaust trail or not - Yes

g. Remarks: Object was sighted on the first leg of a flight from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Kittigazuit, N. W. T. Canada while flying at 7,000 ft. MSL on top of an overcast. The object was momentarily sighted above a deck of broken status clouds. It seemed to be a bright flaming orange object and illuminated the sky momentarily behind it.

Dist:
Hdqs.MATS Attn: Dir. of Intelligence
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