ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE POLICE
REPORT
COMMAND Air Defence Command
UNIT RCAF Station Val D'Or P.Q.
SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FALLING OBJECT
ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL POLICE
RCAF Station Val D'Or P.Q.
Mr. Robert GAUTHIER
(QPP Case)
INCIDENT REPORTED TO AIR FORCE POLICE ON (Date): 27 Jan 67
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3,000 Pads of 200—3-80 (24-4173)
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1. At 1330 hrs 27 Jan 67, the writer received information from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Detachment at Val D'Or, that it was believed an unknown object had fallen at the rear of a house near Malartic, Abitibi, P.Q. The source of information was a Mr. Robert GAUTHIER, aged 32 years, whose residence is on Route 59, Riviere Hava - 10 miles west of Malartic, Abitibi, P.Q. Postal address is General Delivery, Riviere Hava, Abitibi, P.Q.
2. At 1530 hrs 27 Jan 67, RCAF Constable Raymond BERGERON, No. 23832 of Val D'Or Detachment, accompanied the writer to the residence of Mr. Gauthier to conduct enquiries regarding this incident. The investigators were unable to contact Mr. Gauthier at this time. However, on a second visit during the afternoon of 30 Jan 67, Mr. Gauthier was interviewed and a statement obtained which is attached to this report as Appendix "A".
3. It appears that at 0045 hrs 27 Jan 67, Mr. Gauthier was asleep in the bedroom of his home when he was awakened by an explosion which shook his house. He thought at first, that this explosion had originated from his house furnace, but when he looked out of his bedroom window and south over Lake Riville, which is adjacent to his property, he saw in the moonlight, a 'black spot' on the ice-covered lake. At 0745 hrs that same morning, Mr. Gauthier went to investigate this 'black spot' and discovered it to be a hole in the ice about twelve to fifteen inches in diameter. This hole was nowhere previous to the explosion. There were no footprints in the snow surrounding this hole. He probed this cavity with a metal bar and established that some object had smashed through about two feet of crusted snow and then through the thick ice of the lake. The hole was at an approximate angle of forty-five degrees and consistent with having come from a north-westerly direction. This hole was situated at the rear of his home and approximately ten to fifteen yards from the lake beach. Mr. Gauthier had then passed this information to the Quebec Provincial Police who had notified the RCAF.
4. Examination of the ice was made by the writer and Constable Bergeron in company with Mr. Gauthier, but there had been considerable freezing and drifting snow since the incident, therefore it was not possible to pin-point the exact location of the entry of this object. However, Mr. Gauthier indicated the approximate position of the object's entry into the ice. The writer then marked this indicated position with a makeshift flag placed in the ice.
5. Message No. A347 dated 30 Jan 67 was sent from this unit to CANADIAN OPS., also for the information of Mr. W.M.A. WARREN, Regional Representative for Sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects, 30 52nd Ave., Lachine, P.Q. This is in accordance with Air Defence Command Instructions, Vol. 2 - 2.01/19.
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National Research Council of Canada/
Conseil national de recherches du Canada
RG 77, Vol. 306