Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Space Object Sought
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A newspaper report from 1962 describes the search for a suspected UFO crash site near Alexis Creek, BC, following reports of a flaming object and a loud boom. Authorities officially suggested the object was likely a meteor, though they could not definitively locate or identify the crash site.
This document, a newspaper report from the Vancouver Province dated November 8, 1962, details the search for a UFO that reportedly crashed in the Mount Razorback area of British Columbia on November 3, 1962. The incident began when ranchers in the Chilcotin area sighted an object falling to earth, accompanied by a loud boom audible for 100 miles. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) were notified of the event. Wing Commander Douglas Biden of the Mt. Lolo radar base stated that while the object was likely a meteor, there remained a one percent chance it could be satellite debris. He recommended a formal government investigation. Despite an RCMP aerial search identifying a charred area on a mountain, they were unable to confirm it as the impact site. Witness Mrs. K. A. Telford described the object as cone-shaped, roughly the size of a small plane, and burning at the tail. UBC geophysicist Professor William Slawson expressed interest in investigating the site via helicopter, though his efforts were complicated by fresh snowfall in the region.
There's a one percent chance it could be space garbage – station debris from a satellite.
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Official Assessment
probably a meteor
Authorities suspect a meteor, though a small possibility of satellite debris was noted by Wing Commander Biden. RCMP search efforts for a landing site were hampered by the inability to positively identify the specific charred area.
Witnesses
- K. A. Telfordrancher
Key Persons
- William SlawsonUBC geophysicist
- Douglas BidenWing Commander of Mt. Lolo radar base