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This Internet Archive item compiles 1965 to 1968 records from National Research Council of Canada files (RG 77, Vol. 306) on non-meteoritic sightings. It contains fireball and UFO telex reports from RCAF stations, RCC Vancouver and the RCMP, covering lights seen over Sydney, Vancouver, Cochrane, Toronto, Whitehorse and Shediac. It also includes an RCMP investigation of a 12 July 1968 impact at Tobin Road, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, which concluded the object was probably a meteorite, not a UFO.
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ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE - GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA C 237 REV. 1-4-66 OTHER FILE REFERENCES REF. AUTRES DOSSIERS DIVISION "II" DATE 21 AUG 68 RCMP FILE REFERENCES REF. DOSSIERS GPC 683-400-77 68-400-16 SUB-DIVISION SOUS-DIVISION Sydney DETACHMENT DETACHEMENT North Sydney Unidentified Flying Object. Sighting of, Tobin Road, Sydney Mines, W.S.. 12-7-68. ## 12 JULY 68. 1. At approximately 9:45 P.M., Cat. H.D. WATTS. received a telephone call from Victor PYE, Tobin Road, Sydney Mines, advising that something had landed in a field across from his home and started a fire in the grass. He was unable to contact the Sydney Mines Town Police who police this area. 2. Cot. WATTS and I patrolled to the scene where PYE was contacted. He advised that at approximately 8:00 P.M. he was in his living room watching T.V. when all of a sudden he heard a loud bang that shook the house and he saw a blue flame in the sky outside. The power in the house went out for a few seconds then came back on. He looked out the front door and saw a small grass fire burning across the road from his place. He and several other local residents ran over and put the fire out. Harold RAS-MUSSEK, Diggin St., Sydney Mines; who lives approximately 100 yards from PYE, advised that at approximately 7:50 P.M. he saw what appeared to be an object similar to a car headlight with flames trailing, coming towards the ground from the direction of Sydney Harbour, which would be an East to West direction. The object, which made a roaring noise as it passed him, struck the power lines in front of PYE'S home causing a loud bang and a blue flash and smoke to appear around the power lines. He ran over to the scene where he noted the grass fire. The grass burned in a 3 sq foot area and in a perfect circle. A small rock, about the size of an orange, was found in the centre of the burnt grass. This, along with samples of the burnt grass and dirt were collected and brought to this office. Numerous other residents in the area were questioned but all they could say was they heard a loud bang and the power went off momentarily. 3. The local radio stations broadcast this incident which resulted in hundreds of persons coming to the scene causing a major traffic snarl. Cpl A.A. MATHESON and Oct. S. CLARK were called to the scene to assist. Members from the Eastern Light and Power Company, Sydney, advised that at 8:00 P.M. a green light on their control panel in Sydney indicated there was a power shortage in the vicinity of Tobin Road. They investigated it and found that some object had struck the power lines in front of PYE'S house causing the lines to become pitted and very shiny for a distance of 10 feet in both directions from the point of impact. Residents on Shore Road on the Sydney Harbour waterfront, were questioned but none saw or heard anything at around 8:00 P.M.. Message # 25 was forwarded to Sydney Sub/Division advising of the incident. ## 17 JULY 68 4. Mr. John DOUGLAS, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., telephoned Cpl MATHESON and requested that we forward the rock and other samples to his office so they could be examined.
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