Project 10073 Record Card: Indian House Lake, Canada Sighting

This document is a collection of records and correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on April 29, 1962, at the Indian House Lake Department of Transport Radio Station in Quebec, Canada. The witness, a civilian meteorological watch officer named V. Irbting, observed a round, fire-ball-like object that was red at the base and white at the top. The object was described as being twice to four times the size of visible stars and was observed moving slowly downward from left to right over a period of approximately 20 minutes before disappearing behind a ridge of hills. The observation was made using a theodolite. The report was forwarded through the Goose NORAD Sector to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Following an investigation, the official conclusion reached was that the object was a misidentification of the star Betelgeux. The report notes that the star's setting time coincided with the observation, and it was suggested that the witness had likely overestimated the initial elevation of the object.