Unidentified Sightings at Sheaves Cove, Newfoundland

This document is a collection of reports and correspondence regarding unidentified aerial sightings in the vicinity of Sheaves Cove, Newfoundland, between October 1952 and April 1953. The reports were compiled by the 2nd OSI Detachment and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) under Project Blue Book. Witnesses, including local civilians, reported seeing bright, light-bulb-shaped objects in the sky. One witness described an object that appeared to be approximately 60 feet in elevation and 75 yards away, which was orange in color and moved in a southerly direction. Another report describes an object that caused a lantern carried by witnesses to go out. A later report from April 1953 describes a witness observing a light over her barn that disappeared over the sea. The witnesses generally described these objects as silent and moving at varying speeds, with some appearing to be slower than an airplane. One witness, a member of the 660th Air Base Squadron, suggested that one of the sightings might have been an aircraft in a landing pattern for Ernest Harmon AFB. The investigator, Gene Fairbank, noted that there were no known astronomers in the area to verify potential astronomical phenomena and that the sightings were localized to the Sheaves Cove community. ATIC officials commented on one of the reports, suggesting that the sighting might have been a fireball and requested further triangulation data. The documents include routing slips, message forms, and a map of the area, reflecting the military's attempt to investigate these reports through standard intelligence channels.