ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE - GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA
RCMP
GRC 6880
OTHER FILE REFERENCES:
REF. AUTRES DOSSIERS:
DIVISION
WJ
DATE
9 JUL 68
RCMP FILE REFERENCES:
REF. DOSSIERS GRC
68J-400-
68NSD-400-
68-400-8
Code 40
P.C.R. First Here
SUB-DIVISION - SOUS-DIVISION
Moncton
DETACHMENT - DÉTACHEMENT
Shediac
C 237
REV. 1.4.66
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RE: Unidentified Flying Object. - Shediac, West., Co., N.B.
OBJET: 8 JUL 68
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8 JUL 68
1. On the above date Cst. B. Richard contacted this office, advising that he had sighted an unidentified flying object in the north east sky over Shediac, West., Co., N.B. at approximately 9.30 P.M. He stated that he observed the object for about 15 minutes through binoculars. After being stationary at about two to ten thousand feet in a clear visible sky, it suddenly disappeared vertically in about a minute’s time. Cst. Richard gave a description as follows: Egg shaped
Three bars lengthwise
One bar across
Bars coloured yellow and blue
Rest white
No lights of any description
2. Other people who also noted this object in the sky were Mrs. Dorothy Goguen, wife of Chief of Police, Shediac, N.B., Mrs. Bernard Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Omer Goguen of Shediac, N.B. These people are all of good character and are known to be respectable citizens of this community and are reliable.
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9 JUL 68
3. On the above date The Department of Transport Meteorology Centre at Moncton Airport was contacted. They stated that they had many calls during the previous night concerning the matter. They said it could possibly be the planet of Venus which appears in the month of July. However, they stated that it would appear in the north west not the north east as where the U.F.O. was reported sighted. Several people working in the tower at the airport viewed the object through binoculars and stated that it looked like a weather balloon, probably from the U.S.A. The Meteorology Centre concluded that it was almost definite that the U.F.O. report was a weather balloon which is released about four times a day at different points. He stated this balloon could possibly have drifted from either Portland or Caribou Maine, U.S.A.
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CONCLUDED HERE
(J.J.M. VERBRUGGEN) 2/Cst. 25345.
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National Research Council of Canada/
Conseil national de recherches du Canada
RG 77, Vol. 306