PCAO77VBO32 TVBO18V OHAC01 Aug 10 07'56
PP RCCWC
DE RCWTOR 1 10/0008Z
P 092335Z
FM STN BEAVERLODGE
TO RCCWC/CANFORCED OPS
INFO RCWDAD/PROF RE FOLINSBEE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA EDMONTON ALTA
BT
UNCLAS CES135 9 AUG
FIREBALL AND METEORITE OBSERVATIONS PD AT APPROXIMATELY 1100Z
(0600 LOCAL) 7 AUG A CONSTABLE ALEXANDRE OF THE RCMP BEAVERLODGE
STATING THAT HE HAD SEEN TWO BRIGHT OBJECTS TO THE NORTH EAST
OF BEAVERLODGE TOWN PD NOT HAVING SEEN SAME BEFORE HE WAS
CURIOUS AND CALLED OPERATIONS HERE AT THE BASE PD LAC ARBUCKLE
CHM ONE OF THE FIGHTER CONTROL OPERATORS ON DUTY AT THE TIME
CHM CHECKED THE NORTH EAST QUADRANT AND LIKewise SAW TWO OBJECTS
MUCH LIKE STARS CHM ONE BEING BRIGHTER THAN THE OTHER PD LAC
GIBSON THE SECOND OPERATOR ON DUTY ALSO WITNESSED THE SAME
PAGE 2 RCWTOR 1 UNCLAS
LIGHTING PD ANOTHER WITNESS WAS COMMISSIONAIRE W RUSSEL CHM
WHO CLAIMED THAT THE OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE MOVING IN A SOUTH
EASTERLY DIRECTION PD AFTER WATCHING FOR SOME TIME CHM HE
CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED THE OBJECTS MOVE UP VERTICALLY UNTIL
JUST BARELY VISIBLE PD TWO OTHER OBSERVERS WITNESSED THE SAME
OBJECTS PD THE 25ND DUTY FORECASTER CHM ON BEING INFORMED
CHM FELT IT WAS PROBABLY THE MORNING STAR PD
A - 071103Z
B - CLEAR
C - BACK DOOR OF SAGE ANNEX BLDG
D - TWO
E - ONE BRIGHTER THAN A STAR - THE OTHER SAME AS STAR
F - WHITE (STEADY WHITE)
G - PIN POINT IN RELATION TO MOON (STAR LIKE)
H - 1220Z
J - NO
K - NORTH EAST OF BEAVERLODGE TOWN - NO FIREBALL
L - JUST ABOVE REDNESS OF SKY AT SUNRISE
BT 49
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Handwritten annotations:
- TAFC
- 46/1186
- 466/042
- DGAF
- SCDC TS
- C FOC
- METEOR CENTRE
- NRC DR MILLMAN
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PUBLIC ARCHIVES
ARCHIVES PUBLIQUES
CANADA
National Research Council of Canada /
Conseil national de recherches du Canada
RG 77, Vol. 306
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