d n'arra t; Lve repor Ot.i:er t nt'orr.:a t.ion lin I :. Return to: Protoaaor R. H MacNeill Acadia Univerait.y lfville, N. ~ ch Council of Canada/ Natl~J R~l de reCherches du Canada Conseal nationa . IQ:TE0Tf(TE/UF6 REPORT OF SIGHTUIG Date or s lght.lng : ~ g /luG-. 19 : \ Day ~nth Time of sightinfi.; q / O a m.~ (Circle correct one). Cond.l.tion of sky~ cloudy, ha?;e, etc.)-------------- _ LO;etion or observer (as precise as possible) Sl2ci)nL L .f -JJo <..J tV S Bscf -rkoct:: Mt ddL& 'Sii ~Kv 1 L/.... Description or 2 ~ize (c~pared to s knoW'f\ object) ,rr e~ <).o ~ % ~Qo~..:J,M.b il:ltoiKodo~ J Col our(s} (inclwfing &Jlf changes) .d.l;/;, 4 Altitude (in degrees above the horiion) (a ) . at first si::llng ~ ( b) at last sight o 5 Movement: (a) .direction it was going "?:/"'1dt7rY'1tkt/\.. ;(;; ~ 6 Number of obJilcts observed (') N f::. 7 How long wa~ it observ~ F IV I;. M /IV iJ 1"6 &- 8 n,scription or any sounds hea:rd,. No..,;:;-=0;.,. 9 Was tr.e sighting seal} t hrough a glass~ov-Yes/No from a oar -~o in the open ~o NatiOnal Research Council-of Canada/ Consell national 4e recherches du Canada RG 77, Vol. 10. Otll~r inf '' orr.a tioh and narr a t i . ' ve report. Return to: Profossor R .. H ' MacNeill Acadia Un1vera1t Wolfville, N. S: NatlonaJ Resear~ Council of' Conseil rwttlonal ..._ .._.h h c,r.ada/ RG 77, Vol ... 06 Jl.liS'liG METEOR ['f.E/UFO RF,POR'f' OF S WHTUIG Date or slghting: tfaa . .<.? ,4ut, Time of si'ghting: ?oz. a .m.@ (Cirole correct o~e). Condition, ~r sky @ ol&udy, hBze,\ etc.) Hli>QL.G S,.?<Kv//l.tJ. .,t Sr If~ .J( Description of sighting: L"'ae .tfA',&Hr o~:nur /41/-lti/; 2~Stz 1cog r.ed to a .known object). /1.-J.O 7D 1/1 S,;z 3 Colour( a) (includi aey changes) Ptl/11/G' : ft-ette.M "'b.o '4 Altitude' (in degrees 11bove the horizon) (a.)' at first sighting (b) at last sight direction <it vas going Sou -r/4 -r H G N t:. 11 S T speed IIUo/ S L<>w . hovering (if aey), height, duration, et~. .f/o<Jii.ll[) ro,2 . any change in speed No Vu-<o/ S ""....., 6 Numi'.-er of objects observed ()N" 7 Ho~ lo.ng was i .t ~bserved. # /'tiN'S . 8 Dea_c.ription of aey sounds 'beard AI ON & 9 Was the sighting seen 'through' a glees window -Yea/No fl'OIII a car -~o in the open ~ National Resea.rp-. Co~ll of Canada/ Conseil national de recherches d'u .Canada o ' lOo pther Wqrtl&pon and narrative report. Return to: Professor R. H MacNeill Acadia Universit.:y Wolfville, fiatlonal Research ~11 of Canada/ CO!'sell naJtooal ~recherches odt.l Canada BI'UDniclc - 3910 z. l.le1.1l4ale Road 'r.ceoD, bisoDa 85716 Dear Sir or HGdaa a There are certain ~honoaeno in eVi~ence over t he Chigncoto aroa of tbe Haritiae PrVinoeh of COJioc!A t hat I feel ehoulcl be 11eportod to eome intoreetod 1Jlveet1cat1ve b047, bllt I heeitate to not1f7 the local autborit.iee for the reoeone ude obvious b7 the reception s1vea al.lloet wdverN117 to preViouo reports of UI'O aichtiDso. Becaus e 1our organ ization eee1aa to be mok.ina a aenuinoly oonacienttoue effort to separate the srclin fro the chaff and oolvo the IIJ&teJ7 of 111'0' a, I ebo.U t17 to relate ae nearl7 oe I can the thiDso oureelvee han aeon and beard, and ' what our triencle and eoquaintaJlooa have tolcl ue, and w1ll trust JOUr suarantee Of 1JltegritJ U the .. tter ofperaonol priVAOJo .Uthough I would be w1111.1ls to coD tribute AJ11' effort witb1Jl 111 UaUecl acope to help to 41econr the Datari and eouroe ot Vl0'4. pleaM clo ao\ U88 111 DAile publJ.Ol7e SaoltVille 1e a oll town with a population of arouad 3300 at the .. eetera oDcl of the Chignecto I~Sthmla at the head of the Ba7 of 47 Ita aa1Jl feature are ita Mount .U.Ueoa Vninreitn two tound.r1ee footurills atovee and turaacea& -two or three other lliaor 1Jldllatrial rprioea& the ju.nctioa of the Canacl1an lfat.ioDal. Rail.WQ' qete110 eerVills the proYlacea of Ron Soot.ia and Prill'oe Edward Ial.ancl ae nU the Eoatera extrelll1t7 'of Hew Brunewiolcl and th racl1o traaaittere three .Uea e!let of ton on the To.ntrallpl' Harsh, oDe a so,ooo -..u transmitter ~or the OBC etat1on CBA, aDd the ~ther tbe Short Wave etat.ioD .the Voice f CaDada. I a111 a hd.rdreeaer with t our oh1ldrezu Jean, asod J8 thie JeoraRobert 131 pel Creishton, 10o I~ buaboncl ia,.pot l1ftllg and with no II4D iD tho hou88 and rq nexlble worid.Ds houre, \ n are a pt to be eoaewhat und1acipl1Decl 1Jl our re~ .. clllriDC school vacations, follow1Ds up aJ11 oonetruot1vo or 11ltr1.suial aot.ivi\7 t~t prollieaa to add a cliaaeion. or ~ h!)ll& aore 1Jltoreot1.1ls thcul tha .oetraot cora ore. Tho tA11117 dos, a 9-aonth-914 tellal.e 1Jl the prooaH of beiDS holl88broka, ia reeponaibl,e tor our llaYllls baooaa 1nw1Yecl 1Jl our ourr .. t 1Jlteraet. ot clari.Ds to ipora bar raqueate to ao ot, Do .. uar what the hou aa lona u n are ' ill bed. l ..-her aroud llldalsht on 'h Dirh' of h17 30, aad atu41Ds arouad weit.ills for b.er to perfora, 1 aot.ioed a \1Jl7 pob\ of upt, wld.oll.u:t llaw be a eablUt., IIOYial ..,. .. tlae)WirJ 1a a National Research Council of Canada/ Consell national de recherches du Canada northeasterly clirection. Wo hod eeoll a e1111lar thillg Jaet 71111J' on Juno .30, A\ about tho ._,e ho&ar of night bllt ovJ.ng 1ft a eouthwooter~ clirectioll. Oil the following night, JU17 31 tho d08 woe rootloeo, demanding trip attar trip out~ooro. It oocu'rrod to me t hat t ho younaot or.o hnd novor had t ho conotollntiono pointed out to thom; end although I know onl7 tho once around tho North' Star, we sot out a book nnd tlnctuiaht ud beaan .to explor~. .An airplClDo flew <?Vor, ClDcl wo hod et1ll. boon unable to catch eiaht of it, fod1Ag out ot enrdlot., whon eomo oort ot aiz-- oran cue low over tho t~rt'A troa southwest to. northooot, having two . . eteacl1 unbHnkSD& reel liahta about the eaao dlotance apnrt ao if the7 wore on tho win&tipe of a light plClDe. Aa it wont paot, a white Ught ,booue naible on U, bllt I can Dot reobor uat whore it wao aituatecl in relation to the rod onoo. 'we could not ooo AD7 ehapo ot the object 1ft tho clarkneoe, ~d 1ft opite of tho quiotnoae of tho night and the fact thnt it could not ~nvo boon .oro thAD two blocks aWQ7 fro ua at ita cloaeat po1.Jlt we could n~t .hoar aJl7 aowad from it. 1 'l'ho probabiliU.ea ot ita having been a glider or a plaJio w.Uh ita actor cut roaot, . e1Dce thoro ia no .airfield noarb7, and thoro wao no aouncS. of a otor l colli.Jlg to Ute otter it palioecl. A few llinutoa later eoot~g new aouthward oii tho weat aido of town, 41~1871DG a otond7 whito.llght and tlnoh1Ag reel and sroon. We watcliod 1ta progroea unt11 1t cue to a poaition eouth-oouthwoat of ua, whore 1t hovered for around holt em hour. A second one cue 11\to now nonr with a liNCh Unior light, poaaibl7 booauao of a wch sroator d1atanoe. It ooon paaeecl from View boh1Ad a church ap1re~ but a few 111.Jlutoa later, wh1le we wore still looki.ng at tho first one hovering, Craighton spld another, with a . otoad7 white l18ht, tl71tJlg fa1r17 hish abon the ton toward tho northeast. Whi.lo tho Jounsatora ran around tho houae to watob tho )rosreaa of tho now one, I atqed at tho back to watch ,the tlret one, at111 hovor1Dg. 'l'hOJ aoon caao back, cophtnhl that tho De one bad put out ita Ugbt- eaw two more that nipt, both tramUDs northaaatwarcl north of the ton.\ '1'ho7 wore not aa cloao aa tho prowioua 'onoa, but wefe ao bright ae the tara of tho Big lllppar. l'inal17 around 2 A.H. we san up ud wentto' bedo ' our curto-tJ whetted bJ that niaht'8 adventures, we rteolved to watch the followins nisht, which turned o&at to be a bit fogrg but with tho atara clearly vieibleo We had a1ghte4 a Ught almUar to one of the ones wo hod aeon on tho previous night and had phoned a friend who 11vee a ooupla of blocks ~87 A tow ainutaa later we wore on tho, front lawn and aomawhoro 1D tho dArknoaa over tho houaa~U han Uttle' en hoipt 1D tel'IUI ot toot but 1.Jl new of tho direction 1t took ~d thf 41atanoo 1t 88emed to be fro ua, I would .a, U wet han be over ov back 7ard and -,bou\ tho llaiah\ of a t-to-tftl~atoror aoviAa aaatwarcl. 'l'ba 1100a had eat and tho * ... V8J7 dark aoopt for the aMra, ud thU'8 -.. ao poia\ ot liP\ "fi.d'ltla oa tlaa e'b~Mtl \laa Natlona! Research Co\Jnell o~ Canada/ Consell national ~ r.echerches du Canada onl7 other thinr., I ooul4 add ie thct the r~ow eecmad to .bo diVidod d0\'112 the llliddle b,y a dark.Deee. It movod fairl,y ~apidl7 but no foetor then a C1'\litdng plane, it ae tact. The glow had ne>t 'movo.d tar when we hoard' the roar ot a plano, but b,y this time the glow woo to the east . ot ue D.Dd tho sound ot tho. plano was to the weot, our friend, stil.l outdoors looldng tor the ll'Ght we had phoned h or about but wunaccesst\lllJ becau~e' her yieion was blocko'd in that direction, b,y treof .. onw the plane tlyi~g weeb~rd. our Glowing thing gr.aduall.Y faded from sight in distance 'to the east. On the FridQ1 nisht, Auguat 2nd, Jean, toldng oorioualy ~ remark that . 1 had read somewhere th~t uro a are usuallt active in the hours around dawn in the arona in which they have been observed, determinedtlto eta7 up and watch. '('An4 she '~lalla ME "Pandora" f) I ' stayed .up with her, but we dicl .llot reaain outdoor&} abe. watched ..thJcnap an opea window on the eo~&tll-.l. eicle of the back porch. M;ound 3t00 A.14. abe sow " red, g~ow1n8 object fi,yi.ng northeastward, end called me, but I waa lin th'e front part of the house tor the ~ent and did not hear her. A mi.n~te or so l ater a light wi tb the appearance of a bright stat' that had been etationai'J to the eoutb cbartng all the time abe bad been watching (approxi Qtol,y thr.ee-quartera of 'an hour)'' started oft 'end IIOVed at about the Crui.a1ng epeed of a small aircraft to the northwestward. Tnat time l heard her when sho called, and we watched. it throu~Xb the eoutll window untU it got 'too far t4 the nort:h, then we hurried thrOugh the houoe ancl ovt the 'front door and watched frqa the lawn ae ~t travelled northwestward untU it was a 11 ttla north of due west troa uf, where i:t chanded oourM a little and traveUed direotl,y o.wq troa ue until.'it W!lS out ot a1ght, We have watoha,d on ovory clear niaht oinoe thqn ~n ap of fort.~ eoe one o1oeo11 enough to detoraine aometb1ng of their shape ~d size. fhere baa not b'een a clear n1sht that we have no' seen at least tWo, an~ aometiafes eanral, at vAI'Jing heights an.d distances, bbvi.ouely mov.lllg. three, or fouJt nights 1.n August have been overo .. t, end n reaai.De4 ~ndoora. Recentlj we ban seen thea at coaparati.wlJ oloae ruse, as follows. n1sht about a weelt and a bo1f ago, quito lata, Creighton and I saw at first thou6ht was a pl1,vate plane, at about tho heiGht that tbcy uauallJ fly, aa it,appfOo.Ched and crossed gur west-northwest to east-eoutheaat etreet at an angle of perhaps 40 on a aoutboaoterly course, about half a block eastward from .our house, It did not Uoplq azrt red light that we could see, onlJ t1D7 white ancl green onoa which either blinked on and oft successivel,y 1Jl the aDDer of. a urquee or else the object rotated aa 1t flew, We watched S.t out 'of eight ac.:osa tU marsh toward Jova Scot~a. On Thursda7 n16ht of tld,s "eek, .August 2.2, - betWeen 11100 P;H. and llidnight, Jaaq and I eaw one 'Oil the ~e cour .. and with the eame appearance except that this one did not ban the appearance of .revolving. Both had a velvet,y, purri.Jlg eouncl, without' the bard, droni.D& 80\Uld aaeociated w1 th aircraft ag:l.Des. thoupt it possible that what n bad oeen aay have beon eoae eort of light . aircraft that na wifall11 S ar to ua, but tbeJ wore not oarrJi.ns the sort ot fl71.nl li.&Jlte that I ba.,. wuleratoocl are re&U1ati.OA~ lli.Jlce oal7 an wbite ancl 11'8 ~aea were -d.cble OA IlOtta. A~t aa Jaouo aa4 a NatiOnal ResearCh C:o~U of Canada/ Conseil national de recherches du Canada halt later, around 1:15 'i.H~, I woe in the kitchen allking a 'hot drink to take oft tho chill bettro GQi.ng to boa when I heard tho s0111o oott purrinc motor sound acoin IPld. hoo.decl t-r the tront door, and woo lp time to oee OJi urcro.tt on the anme courae or aore eaetorl7, onl,J about halt a block awAY o.ncl thio time 1 t diep1Q7ed one vor;, larco, v oey white l1cht, e;Lmilar to IIM7 that " hacl seen at srooter diotance, the whitest I have over aeon. I aa certai.n that it waa no conventional tlircrort. Creighton also aow 1t, and Jean na out 1A tiae to aee 1t whoa 1t hacl aot cono.iderable distance awq. we have onl7 onoe aeon one ot those thinBa moY.in at M7 more .thon a loieurel7 pace, and that one woe at qUite a didtonco to the nor~h, travolli.ns eaatwarcl ver;, tost, but I suppose 110 taster than the speed ot which soae !Jete are copo..blo. We have only eeen two ot tho rod, S].owinc tb111ga, but hove all oeen nu11oroua o.incle steady whito libhta or bl1Dking white onea, or blinking rodonea, or white ones flaoh1ng red and green, or whi.te and groon, stea dy or naohing. There sooaa no end t o the vur1et7, but on~y white, rod or green colours involved . A nuabor 1ot timoa we have been watching them when the liahta on thea would dia and go out, ~raotiaeo reappearing aborU7 attorwarda in the aaae poe1t1ol1 and then probeectlng on their way. le hove never aeea two or more fi11nir together, a1 thouch two might be viaibl'e il1 tho ume direction at the aoae time. We uveeted 1n a 16.5x50z50 telescope hopi.ns to be abl,e to aeo 11ore detail, blat it ia quito amall ancl ditt1- cult to tocnaa ettect1vel7. ~ ot our triancla bo.ve oleo ooon th .. , and aome have aeen tbinge that we have not,. The7, like ourselvea, have not reported them to ofticialdoJ. I le~ed ot aoet of thea 1n convoraationa with cuatomera in tho beautJ ahop, moat ot whom I have known tor aaD7 7eara ancl .aD7 of whoa are &180 friend& sociall7. ' Miaa IJtq H., older than I, (the triond whoa we phoned on the llight ot .Au~t 1at to look at a c:U.atont moving Ucht and wbo aow onl7 the . ~oatbouncl plane) had a o.i6ht1D6 experience earl1ttr 1A the auuer than &111 ot oura. She and I were 1.n conversation on the phone earl7 ono veiling lblri.Dg tho aoconcl week 1.n Jul7, and abe made a rellltlrk about the "fog c.olling tn agoin." It woe not fosQ on our stro~t, which 1& \lWall)' tog(J7 if an:s street 1n the town 1a, wt I didn't thJ:nk llllOh about it .' Abo11t the time we finished our ~o11vorantion 111 claui;h~or came down troa atuc!Ting upataira to tell ae ohe hacl bean hearing "the woircloat high-pitched aound like o whistle or airen." Thia, too, I clidn't give much thoaght to, although a detect 1n hor loft enr rondof& it cleat tp ordin&rJ aouncla but extroorclinaril)' aona1t1ve to toneo ot hip treqUenOJo The followina morning AJA1 called to toll me that wh an we had beoa tlktng the evenin13 before, ehe had boen sazins abaonU7 o11t ot the window, believing thnt tho tlaae-coloured object showing part of i~a fora peat tb. aidO Of hor windowflWU the aup going down, toward the horizon to the south ot the h011ae' next door. Since it clicl aot nucl bar with Clare, Ohe thought 1t ~o be aoaewhat obacnared b7 fog. Later 1n the evellina it occurred to her that at thia tiae ot 1ear the ~ doea not so down to tho south of the houae aaxt door, but to \be aorth of itt th tor the reat ot the Disllt ah e wonclere4 what abo bad bMD 1"1r11 ' tile toUowlal Mrniq Mtore aha o&llu .. , alae Nation&! Research Council of CanadA/ Consell national de recherches du ~da RG 77, Vol. Jo6 had just hoard tho no"oeaet cin radio, tollinfi otjroporta from Prince Edward' Ioland ot aichtince ot " tlame-colourod obj odt tl7iDB vor7 hich" ('.t'hooe reporto were exploinod b7 a helpfUl motooroloaiot aa. poea:lbl7 a wcathor balloon fro11 a 11o1ne woo~hor otation, catchinc the ray a ot tho oettinS oum.) Perhaps the weather balloon ouo in a down- drntt to o~ ~ollo to Saokvillo, but .. are etUl wonderinG about the unueual oound III.Y clouchtor hoo.rd and the tact that the object that All7 eaw aa "about t he oi ze of tho GUn or a little larcor, and QUite low" waa a stowing flue colour on t ho aide awa,y troll tho GUD. ' On the tiret Sun4&7 1n Augus t we had a thunderstorm durine tho evening . It et&7od ho~ and oloso and we didn't co outdoors, oince the occao1onal tlaab ot heat lightning that we could eeo wae evidence that the Bk.1 ne still overcast. Mra. w., who ie in ler sixties and live4 1n Middle SockVUl.e, about two lllilee tro111 hero, tartecl lier drapoo to look out to aee it t he a1Q' waa cloarin! She told ae ~fteJ'WilJ'd," 'rhere wae eo.ae heat 11ghta1ng, tbld two red balls, one oft toward t he lett ud one off toward tho, M.sht, weird looking thinse, and when there waa a tlaoh of lichtning the7 looked all the worse. I didn't kDow what the:r were ucS th07 ecared 11.e eo I juet dropped tho drapee back and got 'back on the cbeetertield. 'rhe7 wore the weirdeet thinga I ever uwl" Hre. A., a :roung waon' 1n Moncton, about 2.5 miles troa here, eo.w on'e red 'ball under the ea111e circuetancee about that .long ago. I do not ~ow whether it wae the BQIIe Digbt or not. I leArned about .this one third-hand, eo do not han the woaana oa deeortpUon, or accvac7 1.D placing the Uae. Mra. H. baa a daughter 1n her earlJ teene, wbo woke up 1n the wee boure of the II!Orni.Dg to find that ~er eiater, with whoa ehe wae eleeping, had taken all the blanket a, and abe wae c