Declassified UFO / UAP Document
"Glowing Objects" Over Kamloops
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This document reports on the identification of 'glowing objects' seen over Kamloops in 1959 as homemade balloons. It highlights the discrepancy between public sightings and official RCAF radar findings.
In November 1959, a series of sightings of 'glowing objects' occurred over Kamloops, British Columbia. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) initially characterized these sightings as an 'atmospheric phenomenon' and confirmed that they had not detected any objects on radar. However, the mystery was resolved when three local boys admitted that the objects were, in fact, homemade devices. These devices were constructed using light, wooden cone-shaped frames covered in tissue paper, with a gasoline-soaked blob of cotton attached to the base. When the cotton was ignited, the resulting hot air caused the cones to rise, creating the appearance of blinking balls of fire in the sky. The incident, which was witnessed by hundreds of people, was reported in the Edmonton Journal on November 6, 1959, and later documented in SS&S, No. 13 in December 1960.
We didn't pick anything up on radar
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Official Assessment
home-made variations of lighter than-air balloons
The objects reported as glowing phenomena were identified by the creators as homemade balloons constructed from wooden frames, tissue paper, and gasoline-soaked cotton.