Project 10073 Record Card — North Bay, Ontario, 12 April 1952

This document is a collection of reports and correspondence regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting that occurred on 12 April 1952 at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Two veteran RCAF airmen, WO1 Rossell and F/S MacRae, reported observing a bright amber, round object with no tail. The object was described as traveling at a speed comparable to twice that of an F-86 aircraft at low level. It performed sudden reversal maneuvers, stopped, and then climbed at a 30-degree angle before disappearing to the north. The duration of the sighting was approximately two minutes. The observers were driving in a car near the married quarters area of the station when the object was sighted. The weather was clear with no clouds. The RCAF conducted a routine investigation into the report, but concluded that the sighting was not significant and did not possess unusual qualities not previously encountered in similar reports. The document includes an Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-168-52) from the US Air Attache in Ottawa, which notes that the RCAF had adopted a routine procedure for investigating such incidents following the conclusion of the USAF Project 'Saucer' in 1950. The report also highlights that the RCAF did not consider the sighting to be a departure from previous reports. Additionally, the file contains newspaper clippings from the Ottawa Journal, which discuss the sighting and include comments from prominent Canadian scientists, such as Dr. Peter Millman, Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, and Dr. O. M. Solandt. These scientists expressed that while they were mystified, they were keeping an open mind and that the reports could not be ignored. The US Air Attache noted that the RCAF intelligence officers did not consider the report significant. The document is marked as unclassified and includes instructions for downgrading at three-year intervals.