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N661043
AUG 9 '66
PRIORITY
JGAF
DSOCTS
CFOC
NRC Meteor Centre
(DR Gullman)
PCB026 GJA046 3 UU
PP RCCWC
DE RCCPGJ 29 08/14352
P 0814127
FM CANFORBASE TORONTO
TO RCCWC/CANFORCEHED
INFO RCCRC/CANLIFTCOM
BT
UNCLAS OPS282 8 AUG
FOR CFOC ATTN OPS. DATCO RECEIVED NUMBEROUS CALLS CONCERNING SIGHTINGS
OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS DURING PERIOD 0030 - 0440Z 8 AUG.
MR JOHN GERRARD 41 FERNWOOD PARK AVENUE, BALMY BEACH, IN WOODBINE
EAST, CALLED IN A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AT 0320Z. 2D TOWER
ASKED POLICE CONSTABLE, NO 55 DIVISION, OPP TO GO TO MR GERRARDS
HOUSE TO OBSERVE THE OBJECT. BESIDES GERRARD AND CLARK THREE OTHER
PERSONS WERE PRESENT. THE OBJECT WAS GENERALLY DESCRIBED BY THESE
OBSERVERS AS LARGER THAN ANY STAR, DUMBELL SHAPED, TRAILLED BY A
BALL OR HALO, ICE BLUE IN COLOR, AND SHINY. THERE WERE NO NOTICEABLE
C WB BEACH-BALMY WA DUMBELL-SHAPED
PAGE 2 RCCPGJ 29 UNCLAS
AERIALS OR PROTRUSIONS. IT ZIG ZAGGED ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO IN A GENERAL
EAST-WEST DIRECTION, ALTHOUGH IT HOVERED AT TIMES. WHEN MOVING
HORIZONTALLY ITS MOTION WAS RAPID; IT SOMETIMES CLIMBED AND
DESCENDED EXTREMELY FAST. REPORTS DESCRIBED THE WEATHER AS CLEAR,
DARK, STARLIT NIGHT WITH GOOD VISIBILITY. 2D WX: SKY HAZY, VIS 6 HAZY,
NO STARS VISIBLE. BALMY BEACH IS 10-12 MILES SE OF 2D
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National Research Council of Canada/
Conseil national de recherches du Canada
RG 77, Vol. 306