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Incident #116 ATIC NO. --- AF NO. --- REPORT NO. --- DATE OF REPORT --- TIME OF SIGHTING --- night SHAPE --- SIZE --- football COURSE --- earthward NO. IN GROUP --- 1 HOUND --- PHOTOS --- SKETCHES --- Temporary ATIC Form 329 (2 Jan 52) DATE OF INFO --- 11 Mar 1948 LOCATION --- Canada SOURCE --- Hale civilian DATE IN TO ATIC --- COLOR --- blue flame SPEED --- meteoric ALTITUDE --- M. austral LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED --- TYPE OF OBSERVATION --- ground MANEUVERS --- Porty Meters (1000 feet)
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RESTRICTED Incident #116 -- Moose Factory, Canada -- 11 March 1948 This incident can certainly be ascribed to the fall of a bright meteor, or fireball. RESTRICTED 7-3712-5
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Incident #116 1. Date 11 Mar 48 2. Time night 3. Location Near shores of James Bay, 4. Name of observer 5. Occupation of observer Employee of Hudson Bay Co. 6. Address of observer Moose Factory 7. Place of observation Moose Factory, Canada 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer N/S 10. Time in sight N/S 11. Altitude N/S 12. Speed meteoric 13. Direction of flight northward 14. Tactics N/S 15. Sound No noise 16. Size size of a football 17. Color Blue flame 18. Shape N/S 19. Odor detected N/S 20. Apparent construction meteor 21. Exhau…
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THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Office of Military Air Attache United States Embassy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 18 March 1948 Mr. A. C. [redacted] TSNAD Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio Dear Mr. [redacted] I am forwarding here an article clipped out of the Toronto Globe & Mail dated 15 March 1948 for your information. An official report is being made through proper channels. Very truly yours, Woodrow B. Wilmot WOODROW B. WILMOT Lt Colonel, USAF Air Technical Liaison Officer 1 Incl: Clipping
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10 Mar 44 # Ball of Blue Flame Falls From Sky And Explodes Near Moose Factory Moose Factory, March 14 (CP). — The northern sky. She described it as about the size of a full moon which gave the appearance of disintegration as it fell. A big ball of blue flame, seemingly the size of a football, streaked out of the sky Thursday night and exploded near this Northern Ontario community near the shores of James Bay, V. J. Pratt of the Hudson's Bay Company reported. The explosion lit up the entire area brighter than daylight, the whole ball disappeared and a second later a streak of orange light s…
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Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT. INCIDENT INDEX 1. Astronomical a. High probability: #26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 219, 238. b. Fair or low probability: #19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 36, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 100, 112, 120, 121, 129, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240. 2. Non-astronomical but suggestive of other explanations a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft: #3, 11, 22, 41, 42…
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