Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 18 April 1952

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-15-52) regarding an unidentified aerial object sighting in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, on 18 April 1952. The witness, a former RCAF pilot and newspaper reporter for 'The Western Star', reported observing a round, yellowish-gold object approximately the size of a manhole cover. The object was initially spotted at 2,000 feet, remained stationary for about one minute, and then performed a rapid climb and a 180-degree vertical banking turn. The witness noted the object appeared to disappear and return. The report highlights a significant contextual detail: the witness had published an article debunking 'flying saucers' in his newspaper the day before the sighting. The intelligence report includes a satirical enclosure titled 'SAUCERED AND BLOWED' by Chic Shave, which uses the sighting as a basis for mocking the contemporary interest in UFOs. The official evaluation by the Northeast Air Command (NEAC) provides no definitive explanation for the sighting, and the document is marked as unclassified, subject to periodic downgrading.