What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) reveal?

CFB Borden routed a 24 November 1979 UFO report (CFB079-1) to NDOC Ottawa and the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics describing an orange glow with a ring around it above the horizon near Orillia, Ontario, observed for 10 minutes by witness Keith Stewart. RCMP Richmond Detachment file 79-631075 documents Susan Van Den Boogaard's 29 November 1979 sighting…

Which agency produced Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) is a primary-source record from Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council. Its original classification was UNCLASSIFIED.

When is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) dated?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) is dated 1979-11 to 1979-12. It was disclosed 2010-01-01.

What programs and topics appear in Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)?

Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) references Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics UFO reporting, NRC Meteor Centre, NORAD air defence channel, disc, upside-down saucer and fireball.

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Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)

Pages 4201–4500 of Library and Archives Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release, compiling late-1979 RCMP detachment reports, Canadian Forces messages, and National Research Council sighting forms routed to the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.

Brief

This 300-page tranche is dominated by November and December 1979 sighting traffic: an RCMP Richmond, B.C. file (79-631075) describing a humming, upside-down saucer with four lights observed by Susan Van Den Boogaard on 29 November 1979; a Westlock, Alberta investigation (RCMP file 79D-3409) into Gail Dacey's report of a 5-foot football-shaped blue object hovering 20 feet above the ground on 2 December 1979; and a Sydney, Nova Scotia case in which witness John Puchie photographed a circular fireball with a 35 mm Minolta on 3 December 1979. The records flow through CFB Borden, CFS Sydney, CFS Yellowknife, and NORAD-linked Air Defence channels before being filed at NRC's Planetary Sciences Section / Meteor Centre under astronomer Ian Halliday and his colleagues, with several events resolved as meteor or stellar-misidentification cases. The collection is hosted via the Internet Archive's CanadaUFO collection and sits in RG 77, Vol. 309 at Library and Archives Canada.

Metadata

Agency: Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
Release: 2010-01-01
Type: PDF • .pdf
Length: 300 pages
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Programs: Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics UFO reporting, NRC Meteor Centre, NORAD air defence channel
Tags: disc, upside-down saucer, fireball, football-shaped, green-yellow object, RCMP, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Northwest Territories, Quebec, 1979

Key points

CFB Borden routed a 24 November 1979 UFO report (CFB079-1) to NDOC Ottawa and the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics describing an orange glow with a ring around it above the horizon near Orillia, Ontario, observed for 10 minutes by witness Keith Stewart.p.1
RCMP Richmond Detachment file 79-631075 documents Susan Van Den Boogaard's 29 November 1979 sighting of an upside-down-saucer-shaped craft with a grey spinning top, flat dull-gold underside, four evenly spaced lights, triangular vents, and a loud humming noise, observed for about 2 minutes over northern Richmond, B.C.p.2
RCMP Westlock Detachment file 79D-3409 records Gail Dacey's 2 December 1979 observation near Naples, Alberta of a bright blue football-shaped object roughly 5 feet long, suspended about 20 feet above the ground for some 15 minutes, with follow-up investigations by Cst. McCorriston and Cpl. Mow finding child-made imprints unrelated to the sighting.p.5
A 22 NRHQ North Bay message reports a 2 December 1979 meteorite observation by Heron Eberts at Ville St Laurent, PQ, described as a brilliant white flash turning cherry red then pink, about 2½ feet long compared with arms stretched out.p.9
CFS Sydney forwarded John Puchie's 3 December 1979 photographs (taken with a 35 mm Minolta on tripod, 150 mm lens, f/3.5, bulb setting) of a green-and-yellow circular object descending over Coxheath Mountains, Nova Scotia; NRC astronomer A. Carusi concluded the bright streak in the long exposure was the star Vega in Lyra and the trailing pattern was camera instability.p.16
CFB Shearwater (SOPS 2224) relayed Karen Morash's 1 December 1979 sighting from Anderson, Nova Scotia of an orange and white flickering object that through binoculars appeared white, smokey, and fiery with flames, brighter than but narrower than a full moon, descending behind neighboring buildings.p.19
RCMP Yellowknife reported that on 7 December 1979 at about 0910 hrs CST, Cst. P. Evans and Cst. E. Harrison observed a circular ruby-red fireball with a ruby-red trail crossing the sky from west to east for 5 seconds before being obscured by a 10-storey building.

Most interesting

The Richmond, B.C. witness Susan Van Den Boogaard worked at Vancouver International Airport as an insurance sales person, which the investigating RCMP corporal cited as a reason she would be familiar with the appearance of aircraft at night.
NRC astronomer A. Carusi resolved Sydney resident John Puchie's UFO photographs by identifying the brightest streak as the star Vega in Lyra, attributing the trailing pattern to camera instability during the 3-4 minute exposure.
The Dacey family's Doberman Pincher dog was the first to react to the alleged Naples, Alberta object, barking continuously at the rear door while facing northwest toward the apparition.
Investigating officers in Westlock checked snow imprints near the Dacey sighting and determined they were made by young children, ruling out physical trace evidence.
The Yellowknife fireball of 7 December 1979 was observed from a moving RCMP cruiser by two on-duty constables and lasted only 5 seconds before being blocked by a 10-storey downtown building.

Cross-references

PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 05 (Pages 1201–1500)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 10 (Pages 2701–3000)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 01 (Pages 1–300)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council
PDFCanada UFO FOIA Release, Part 29 (Pages 8401–8759)Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council

Common questions

What is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)?: Pages 4201–4500 of Library and Archives Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release, compiling late-1979 RCMP detachment reports, Canadian Forces messages, and National Research Council sighting forms routed to the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.
What does Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) reveal?: CFB Borden routed a 24 November 1979 UFO report (CFB079-1) to NDOC Ottawa and the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics describing an orange glow with a ring around it above the horizon near Orillia, Ontario, observed for 10 minutes by witness Keith Stewart. RCMP Richmond Detachment file 79-631075 documents Susan Van Den Boogaard's 29 November 1979 sighting…
Which agency produced Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) is a primary-source record from Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council. Its original classification was UNCLASSIFIED.
When is Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) dated?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) is dated 1979-11 to 1979-12. It was disclosed 2010-01-01.
What programs and topics appear in Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500)?: Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 15 (Pages 4201–4500) references Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics UFO reporting, NRC Meteor Centre, NORAD air defence channel, disc, upside-down saucer and fireball.

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