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This Internet Archive upload holds declassified Canadian records sent to the National Research Council's Meteor Centre, which filed them as non-meteoritic sightings. Most are RCAF and Canadian Forces message reports from 1965 on lights and objects seen over Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney, Cochrane, Whitehorse and other places. The later material dates from 1968. It includes RCMP reports from Shediac and Sydney Mines. The police concluded the Sydney Mines object that hit power lines was probably a meteorite.
“Falconbridge”20 pages
Dr. R. S. Rettie Chief Space Research Facilities Branch K.R.C. Montreal Reh D. Haime Ont. 778 Tuilen Rd. Ottawa 8 , Ond . July 27 , 1967 FILE ENCL. DIR TO INDEXED BY MAIN FILE Dear Dr. Pettie : An interesting story concerning a 1750s river related to me recently by a technician at our Forest Products laboratory in Ottawa. You may have received other information about this sighting but I believe you may be interested in the reason. Our technician had obtained this information directly from the person who had made the sighting Saturday evening, June 3, 1967, our technician was with friends in a cottage beside Lake Tipping after a day of fishing on the lake. A local resident, Mr. Arcand, had the job of checking the busy lights at rocky outcrops or islands in the water. We entered the cottage at about 11:45 P.M. in an agitated state and described seeing in object or lights on the water between two islands while being ever making two rounds in a boat. This sighting apparently took place near Oak Island. We noticed two granite lights which appeared to be about seven feet apart and a white light set near and a little to the back of the other two lights. No approached the lights believing that people in a boat might be in trouble and got to within about 100 feet. Let this point the lights or object suddenly rose from the water with a blood and remained in the right sky. At this time be was aware of a peculiar odour quite unlike that of gasoline or
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