1. 1t1 61'1 a4'f1sccl 'ha ' an UD1dltnUt1ucl f1.:rla4 oJbeot wa n 1A 'he Prince Ruv-rt .rea a \ &Jilll'O::I11111te}T a.oo a.a. on the 110l'Jl1fiC of Deoeabar J. 1952, w. 1u-e par\loulnrl.;r &DJtlouo 'o obtain " ' auah 111{011"1'11\t!OD n o poasl'bla on wah obJect or obJeoh, 2, In~ Qncloalnc for JOur 1nfo~rtlon o cor7 of ~ "ProJecst SOaond Storor" ond dx oo11lu of the ASlthttnt: 'Ruport" ronta. 1\ftc:r atudytnr. thd cuU pl.u l\l'l'N118 to l.Dtel'Yle'f o.a ~ obrwn aa 01111 be looAh4. 'l'he noao vh1ab haft b .. n re rorre4 to ua AN J'r114 RnmT, Dro.~\IIIJIIQ OolUIIbl~ O.lluloM ~.,peny, Mt u !fl.Da Yotmptm, W~>.tson hlon4 Pul1.1 Mtll, md M1 'II JaM Pallkh, Onns tUun !faUnn&l T&loftl'aphe. You mtpt 11n~uire traa tlw local ne"~r o!fho tor DnT other nuu whlah \bey ~ M'ft 1n tlwlr tllee, J , Ae eoon ae tbl "SlcMlnc RopotehAw boen onnptute4 th17 Ahould be tor~araed 111 double OD'ftlope to llu4qU4J'tere, (o.c.~t. Browu) Controller of Teleonm.aolo&ti ona. Mr, John A, Stapeoa, Offloer-ln-ChArse, Prlna. Bu~rt I onotphore Prtnoe Ru~J~rt, :B.c. MEMORANDUM Dear Mr. Smitha. During m.y recent trip to Princ e Rupert I heard there had been a flying eauor lighted over the town. Ralph Erickson obtain tbla infor111ation for me and I am enclosing the same to you. Trusting it will be of aorue interest, I remftin. E.E.Stevena. Across Rupert Har / 'Flying Saucer' Reported By Early Morning Witnesses A ~hiny, tiph~lical object ''the ~izc of H plane" l'CpOl'tecl l';trcaking t:H;ro~s a pl'Pclawn sky toda.Y over 1 Prince RupcrL }uubol' starLccl a flurr.Y of conjectur(ls 11anging fron1 wcathel' balloons to viHitol's from Mar-4, f Ol' a ~p<.)cd.v rcconnai: ancc by an unidentifi ed ai1caft. Allcasr three p ctsons saw the ---- ""~bjtct whic h lllry said w ns lrn n l ,1nywhcrc ns f.t .)t as Lhct~r j "lravpJln~ VI'I'Y rust." Two saw it ptoplc dlly. J!O In u norlhr;\ slcrly tllrC'clinn ''ll <.'uulct lniVI'l no rasL('J Lluu tt 8 '' Ill t.hr SJW~=>d or Lhr wlntl. which A lhlrcl nport tcl .-;l'l'lng t lw "shiny IJnll. which I t.hought WJtS u comrl" ~trcaklnA ncJos~ the ell.v from thC' we st. then a1rlng lo lite souLh nt 7 :50 n .m . All Lht'f'l' witnesses snld the obj"cl wn~ flyin g n L cloud level doscrlbecl ll a~ n " round hiny ol>.lrcl nbout Llw slt.c or A m rlc rloluglcu I obsrrvr r said Ia tC'r that Llw height of rlou ds this mornIng wns abou t 2,000 Fred ltam~n~, a draughts- m a n at Columbia Cellulose Co. J.td. pulp ml11, told n reporter he saw the object nt exactly 8 n.m. whllf' s t anding-on a downtown street. " ! wns wultln~ lor my ride In fro n t or the t h cut.rc on T ltlrd " 1 t;Hw thl~ CJbjc!'L, u whiLe boll 1-i IJou t Lhc sl:t.o of a plane and It H.PPCllred Lo l>c Lrulllug some- " I t wn .. i Ltuvclln~ ltl about 11100 mllls un ho\ll', r woulct lillY. (,J' t hl'('f' l illH'S trH' I'I))(ICcl uf n la~L plane r brliPvr it. was o1w o f tho:w fl yi n g StlUCC'I'S. "Jt wns ~olng In a n orth- ca~t.crly dirrl'Lion, ncross thf' harbor. r wal<"hrd It pass out o f sl~ht. nmon~ I h r buildings. r hu(f n wlt.ncs~. too." Standing hesictc h i m , ulso waiting to lfU to work at the Watson ls l nnd pulll mill was Miss Nina \'ouugmnn. She (urruhurat{'d IC.an1~a.v's des- c.:ri)llion, unly s h e didn' t think the oh.jcct lnwl"h! d with such "It was going very fRsL. though, and li appeurrd t o hnvc n l11t~C' trailing brhlncl H.." She tonflrmrd the time wn~ 8 a .m. ''bl'Cnu sc T looked nt my walch at the Ume." Hut ac<ordiuA' tu a third witness, Miss J cun Pavlikis, C'Hnadlnn Natio na l 1'cle~raph Work-r, ~he saw a bhnilar ob- Ject nt 7 :ri0 a.m. un her wa.y to t h r dowutown ofl'lcc. "It wn~ lrnvclln~ very fast ~omg In a :-;outhC'J'Iy clirec- t.lun. aflrr npprnrlng corning out of Lhr west. u looked to n1P II Icc n <~omrt, fnlllng nwfully dose-. It lnokccl 11 lltt.lr h i\1.Y, ns though p nrtlall,v covC'I'ccl by cloud u1 mls~." A weather obiH'I' VC'r at. Digby I s land said lw doubted whether thr rcportrd object could have been n <'omct., but sold it might hnvr IJcrn nn Ionospheric IJal- oon, l'(lertscd from a Queen Chnrlottr Island WNtLhcr station. "But n lJalloon would not was ncgll~lblr nt t hu.t tlnw The ObSCI'V<'I' C'XJ)Iftll'l<'rl ~hnL ~omc ~lmcs balloons sent up for wcRlhrt forrcasLin g purposes clrvclop H lcnl~ and therefore enm c clown slowl y n flt'r n Llltl n- Jng a c~t'LR In heig ht.. No ~IIC'll l>nlloons t\l'r rclrnsccll trcm1 the UI~IJy Island station, across Llw hH rbor fmm PJ'Incc Thi~ Is nCJt the first report ()[ unexplained flyln~ obJPtts ln this urcn. Thrcr ycnrs ugu, n ~lmltar ob.lctL was dctJrrlbcd, speeding ncross the harbor. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INT""OEPARTMENT"t. CORRE!IPONOENCE Parry Sound, Ont. Jebruar7 5, l95J SIOBE'l' 22-12-29 (R.B.M. Sighting of Unidentified Jlying ObJects Mr. H. V, Andereon, SECf,( r FILE SI:C. Director of Marine Services, Department of Traneport, Transport Dept 0 t t a v a, Ontario Pur thor to 10ur letter of Jt.DU&r)' 19th, I haYe studied the outline ~f procedure tor queationing t.nd reporting on unknown fl1ing obJeote. Tbeee guidee will be kept here, wbile our field officer will be given an outline of what 11 required in the vq of report1J18, eo that informati on ._, be conveyed in the form deeired. We have had nothing to report 1n th1e regard, which eeeme otrange to me Iince our inetallatione are wide epread and concern eome 1netallatione ot great atrateg1o 1aportanoe. It 11 noted that extrt. torma are &Tailable 1t required, (r .x'.wcxean) D1atr1ct Marine Agent Tho Dl8tr1"' Martoo Af!Oirt, Do~rt110ot ot 'l'r.neport, V1otor1a, Britloh Colu&bla OTTIIIII, Oot.arlo, )Pebruery !1\h, 1~. As roquosted 1n your lotter ~e\od Januory 99th, 191)3, there hse boen rorwart'lod to you, under 80liOMitO oover, 100 c:oploa or Olt)lti.og RollOrt aml 6 coploo ot tl.e uide :reto~ t.o lo 01.11' olrculer leU (Ncrn.n 1f11Boll) Cblet ot .Aida to Radr,ation DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INTftADE,.AftTMEHTAL COftftEIP'ONDI!NCII: Victoria, B.C. 29th January, 1953. fiLACE ~ra V0V" Pll.C !IUIJICT 22-12- 29(It, B.IA. } Sighting of Oniden~ified Flying Objoots Sl!lOllET Cbculu.r Letter M. S . 476 Director of ~ne Services, Department of Transport, OTTAWA, Ontario. SECRET FILE SE.C. Transport f)ept. OUIII JlljLC l20Gl-l (S) Plmse l'orwtll'd 100 copies of Sighting Repox-t and 5 copies or tho Guide referred to in tho u/m oiroular. Ottawa, Januar7 22nd, 19SJ. Unidentified Aerial Objeota Diatrlot Controller, Air SerYioea, W IlfR Il'liD MOl'fTRBAL 1. ~ r ou probablf are aware there have been reported troa time to time aightinga or unldent1tied aerial obJeote. A oa.mittee baa been eat&bllahed, on vbioh oom.1ttee thia depart- ment haa a repreaentat1Ye, tor tbe purpoae or atudrlns tbe Yarloua alghtinga reported, and ln vtev ot tbe teet that Airport TJ'atflo Oontrollera hne ooo .. lon to aoan the 117 trOll time t o time in tbe oourae or t heir dutiea lt baa been augpated that theae eaplOJe would be 1n a favourable poaitlon to ... and report upon anr flying obJeota vhlob llllsht be a pparent ln their ftl'ea. 2. The information Wbloh 1a apeoit1oall7 requeated 1e tollowa General abape ot the objeotJ Luainoaltr or brllllanoe and oolourJ Mul~au dlmenalona ea compared wl th a dlmena1on ot eo.. object auob aa a penoll hel d ~ t ar.'a lengtbJ Appro~tMate bearing and angle above t he horiaon when tirat elghted: Appro~lmate beerlns ot pathJ Aooa.pan7ing or delayed aound, it anr; Appro~lmate tt.e, in aeoonda, t aken to traYel through a certain arc or approxlaate cSearaea; baot tlJDe, date and wather oonditiona. ). In addition to the toreaotng, lt la daalred tbat a runntas description or the alghtiag be a ppended, loolu4ins .. aanr pertinent feature pouible. Where poaalble, accurate determination ot engle aubtende4, bearing and eleYat1on are or oonalderable value. 4. There are enoloaecl oopi.. or the 1ntol"'llat1on guide tor the int.~gator, or tor the paraon maklng the obaerYation, and oop1ea ot a a1sbt1ng report tor.. It 1a raquaated that JOU 41atr1bute thaae to the tovara in JOur 41atr1ot v1th appropriate inatruotiona. S. It ahould be noted that the entire aatter 1a to be treated vlth appropriate reaerYe. In th1a oonnaotion note part1oularl7 Paragraph 2 ot Part 1 ot the su14e enoloaed, vbioh atreaa .. that the 1ntol"'ll&t1on obtained 11 not to be made (J. R. Robertaon) Supar1ntendent, Alrv&J UUtl t U,.l DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INTRADf!PARTMEIO, 1\1. CORRE:&PONOENC E AYl,toa r o .. t Otrl ... r.o. 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A I IOIIll 11 " et lttlUII!I' bat Mft hpf11't ... , U l I"'ftCt t'.C til!'\ \M fol\er l'llft .,..,,be \UANII l.~. lat"'-eoulh wuu .. an1l terwer4 "lllflltt4 djlt\,lnc ,..,..., \n \t\lt ttftlot 11 'MI!4a " ' pnl'lll.t. "ltd 11\,UYitfll'UU , ........... po .. l llle, 'lit t~a~''" 'bJ' l'O'a cnr Mr. lies .... Ori,lnal staned by P. D. M,TAGGART-COWAN (IStra\reU.tr) .. , n , W, tbtr\qa It ., " Su lpljlll D.ll . 1Mneq llo nttw DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INT .. AOCI'A .. TMINTAL CO .... CSI'ONDINCI stent~ o~ Uo1aeot1f1oa 11~1nt Objeott Oi:rcmllll' J.otler M.s. 476 llt!forr1ng to 0!-TClTlle.r lehor H. s. IJ41 of let Ha,y, 1952, in eonnecUoo ,,1 th the reportlo.e of 18ht1ngo of nntdent1.f1ed f1~1n,. object&, I ~1111\ to 1\0vhe that 1ntormat1on 18 now nYn1lab1e tor ~' ldance in the rrrJlOrHnr. ol' the11o ol.ghtia,;e. I om eno1oalng, for yotr infol"ftlotlon, 1 OI)'PY or ~he gtlido nlld 2 ooplou of tl\o lliRht1.DR .-eport. Tho H11"ht1.n{'; rfmorta nnd r;>l1de tholt1d 'be retained at a ll'titable -ple.ce t-o be '1tod. no roqli.red rhe guldt~ h fot t he information of tho paron doing tho 1nterro~nt1n~. The a1gbtlng report form oboul4 bo flllad on1. w1 th reiiJluOt to e11oh indhldnol a1~ht1ng Md one fonn for eaob obaeM'er. l'nile thelt tome b&IU' no ola~aif1cnt1on, t.hf7 a~e to bo o'n11dorcd aft Oont1dent1a1 and, tinder no cirouastancap, t"l0'11d they be rolf naod to tho Prea11. Ext.ru forms f.ll'o ~'fallab1u 1 f' roqn1J:"o4. (B .. V Al1dereon) Director ot Knr1na Srv1o9s. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INT"AD&P'A"TM&NTAL CO""UP'ONDINC& OTTAWA, Ontario, January 16, 1953 8UilJICT OU .. PILl Unidentified Aerial Objects IOMORANDOll TO THE CONTROLLER 011' OIVIL AVIATION: 1, Ae you MY be aware there batbeen reported fraa t111e to t1Jie aightinge ot unidentified aerial objeota. A Committee baa been eetabliehed by the Defenoe Reaeeroh Board on Which this Department baa a repreaentat1Te for the purpose ot etudyins the various ei8ht1nge reported in en etrort to i dentify these objeots, their aouroe and purpose, 2 , In vin of tile tact that airports under your direction usuolly have staff on duty who, aa a matter or course, have oooaeion to acan the alcy, we feel tbftt auoh people would be 1n tt. faTounble position t.o eee and report upon any flying ohjeota whioh misht be apparent in their area. It would be greatly appreciated if you oould request your staffs to report promptly any sighting of an unidentified aerial The information in whioh we are pert1oulerly interested is ae follows: generel ahape of t he object luminosity or brilliance and oolour maxiiiUlll dimeneione ae compared with a dimension of aome object auoh as a pencil held at arm's length approxt.ate bearing and angle above the horizon when first sighted approximate bearing of path aocompanyins or delayed aound it eey approximate time tn eeoonda taken to traTal through a certain aro appJ"oximate degreea exaot tiae, date and weather conditione, 4 In addit1oa to the foregoing we would appreoiata a runniD& deacrip~ion of the aighting including as many pertinent features as poaa1ble, It ehould be pointed out that where possible accurate dete~nations of engle aubtend~, beariD& end elevation are or ooneiderable nlue. 5. Attached hereto for your info1'1118t1on ie a 81Uaple e1ght1ac report torm and the inro~tion guide for the interrogator aeaignad the job or interviewing the observer, {co.o.w. Browne) Controller ot Telecaaaunioatlone. PROJECT SECOND STOREY -.;Part I-Info~tion !or guidance in reporting on unknown flying objeota, In oolleotill8 data on unknown flying objects, accuracy o! observation and record i s o.r prime importance, The observer should report carefully and precisely what he sees and hear s with a m:1.n1.mum of private personal interpretation, Accurate numerical data to the best of tho observer's ability are most desirable, Co~ation of the observation by ethers is also desirable , particularly if other observers are located some distance away so that they may have a slightly different view of the object. The sighting r eport ie for the purpose o obtaining speci!ic infor- r egarding a particular sighting, Most of the questions are straightforward and call for an obvious answer, Sorno questions, however, may require a certain amount of explanation so that the required information ~ay be forthcoming, It should be noted that the information obtained will not be made public, The following headings r ef er to numbered questions on the Project Second Storey Sighting Report Form. A. (3) Ooou~tion and Provious Relevant Experience Note 1 State ite observer has had any prcV'l.ous exparienoe, f or CXLIJtlple, as-in ebservor in tho Air Force or as an amateur astronomer, or as an employee at a Government Weather station, B. (7) Dato and Local Time The exact date aiil tiirie, whether Lecal, Standard, or Daylight Saving Time or a sighting should be specified, Where possible the accuracy or the time piece should bij determined. B. (8) Position or observer as accurate The exact position of the o server urlllg e s ng s o d be noted as accurately as possible, with particular r eference to nearby objects such as buildings, trees, etc, \~ere possible the exact latitude and of the point of observation should be given. If this is not !mown the point should be indicated on a convenient mnp, B. (9) General deecrittion of sighti~ In Ill swer to this question is hoped to otain 11 general. description of what the observer actually saw and the circumstancee under which he observed it, B. (12) Position i n t4l ich first seen The position of tho objoot seen may be described conveniently by hearing elevation, Sy bearing i t is meant the direction t.rom the observer towards the object 1ri terms of the cardinal points of the ooropass, or it pos- sible, more accurately in the terms of degrees ~st or Wost of true North. It is useful to give the direction from the observer to the object in relation t o ~he roads or concession lines, The level hor izon is taken as zuro degrees, the point directly overhead as 90 degrees.