Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (the Condon Report, complete, three volumes)

"Sulllcthing else happened outside Syracuse, however, which was noted
briefly in the press, and then inllneuJutcly Jropped without follow-up
conUllent," uLcoruing to the Fuller account. The "something el se" was
the sighting of a huge red ball of brilli.ant intensity about 100 ft.
in diameter just over the power lines near the Clay substation. The
reported observation by a private flight instructor and his student
passenger was made from a plane approaching Hancock Field, Syracuse.
Five persons, according to Fuller, including Robert C. Walsh, Deputy
Commissioner for the Federal Aviation Agency, reported this UFO
sighting, which was said to have occurred at 5:16 p.m., the moment
the outage commenced. Observations of other unusual aerial objects,
according to Mr. Fuller, were reported from New York City, N.Y., West
Orange and Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, Pa., Holyoke and Amherst, Mass.,
and Woonsocket, R. 1. Here is author Fuller's cone! usion:
In spite of the lengthy Nport issued by the FCC, (sic)
the Great Blackout has still not been adequately explained.
Ostensibly, backup Rday #Q-29 at the Sir Adam Beck gener-
ating station, Queenston, Ontario. was evelltually p.inpointed
as t~e SOUrce of the massive failure. But further investi-
gation, hardly potcd in the press, showed that nothing in the
relay was broken when it was removed for inspection. In
fact, it went back into operation normally when pO\~er was
restored. The line it Was protecting was totully undamaged.
"Why did everything go berserk?" Life Magaline asks in an
article about the blackout. "Tests on the wayward sensing
device have thus fur been to 110 avail." A later statement
by Arthur J. lIarris, a supervising engineer of Lhe Ontario
Hydroelectric Commission, indicated that the calise was still
a 11Iystery. "AI though the bl~:.:kout has bet'n traced to the
tripping of a drcuit breaker at the Sir Adam Beck No.2
plant, it is practically impossible to pinpoint the ini tial
cause." M, late as January 4, 1966, The New York Timee in a
follow-up story inJicated a series of questiulls regarding
the prevention of future blackouts. The new items says:
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"Something I.'lsl.' hapl'cneu uutside Syracuse, huwever, which was noted
briefly in the press, and then immcuJ.atcly Jropped without follow-up
conullt!nt," ;)"corJing to the Fuller account. The "something else" was
the sighting of a huge red ball of brilllant intensity ahout 100 ft.
in diameter just over the power lines near the Clay substation. The
reported observation by a private flight instructor and his student
passenger was made from a plane approaching Hancock Field, Syracuse.
Five persons, according to Fuller, including Robert C. Walsh, Deputy
Commissioner for the Federal Aviation Agency, reported this UFO
Sighting, which was said to have occurred at 5:16 p.m., the moment
the outage conunenced. Observations of other unusual aerial objects,
according to Mr. Fuller, were reported from New York City, N.Y., West
Orange and Nel, The Ne-w YOr'1< Timee In a
follow-up story inJicated a serles of qu\.!stiulls regaruJ ng
the prevention of future blackouts. The new items says:
166