Canada UFO FOIA Release — Part 29 (Pages 8401–8759)

Brief

Pages 8401-8759 close out a 29-part, 8,759-page consolidated release of Canadian government UFO records spanning RCMP, DND, and NRC files. The sampled pages cover a cluster of spring 1972 incidents processed through the RCMP's mandatory telex-to-NRC-Meteor-Centre pipeline: a cylindrical Cape Forchu object photographed but debunked by microscopic film analysis; two greenish-blue circular objects hovering at ground level in Nampa, Alberta for approximately one second; a 35-minute Calgary sighting that returned no radar contact from ATC within 30 miles; and a Weyburn, Saskatchewan object followed by a police cruiser for roughly 90 minutes. The documents collectively illustrate the NRC Meteor Centre's role as the scientific clearinghouse for physical evidence and the RCMP's role as the primary first-responder reporting body.

Metadata

Agency

Department of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Council

Release

2010-01-01

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

359 pages

Classification

UNCLASSIFIED

Programs

NRC Meteor Centre

Tags

cross-shaped, cylindrical, circular, oval, zig-zag maneuver, ground-level hover, color-change, no radar return, multi-night recurrence, NRC Meteor Centre, spring 1972, Canada, photograph debunked, fireball

Key points

• RCMP detachments were required by Operational Manual CO-Air 1195 to file UFO sighting reports by telex to the NRC Meteor Centre and Canadian Forces Headquarters — the procedural backbone of the entire archive.p.1
• A cross-shaped blinking red object was observed over Maple Ridge, Carleton County, New Brunswick on two consecutive nights (1-2 MAY 72), with the first sighting lasting approximately 20 minutes before the object disappeared over the horizon.p.1
• The NRC Meteor Centre examined the Cape Forchu photograph under a microscope and found only a scratch that had completely penetrated the emulsion; no evidence of a real object in the sky was present in the image.p.7
• Two circular greenish-blue objects with bright light halos were reported hovering approximately 10 feet above ground in Nampa, Alberta — side by side, roughly 3 inches apart — visible for approximately one second before vanishing.p.6
• A Calgary object observed for 35 minutes departed very rapidly to the northwest, falling below the horizon rather than climbing; Calgary ATC confirmed no radar return within a 30-mile range during the entire sighting window.p.22
• A glowing red oblong object over Ebenezer, Saskatchewan was reported to appear every night from late April 1972 onward, between 11:45 PM and 12:30 AM, moving up and down near Good Spirit Lake.p.9
• A Prince George, BC area object moved eastward in a zig-zag path, halted to oscillate in place, then reversed to the northwest in a second zig-zag over approximately 20 minutes — no sound heard at any point.p.11
• A fireball over Salt Pond, Newfoundland was described as roughly two feet in diameter with a 100-foot white streak; RCMP searched the frozen pond and surrounding area and recovered no physical evidence.p.19

Verbatim

• There is no reason to believe that this sighting was not exactly as described by Mr . &: Mrs.- Both subjects appear to be very upstanding citizens in their community and ~ ources of good reliability.

  p.1

• The characteristics of the object described by Mr.~ correspond to those wbich a meteor fireball would have. It seems probable that with such a short-lived phenomena (5 seconds according to Mr.- description), the fireball had become invisible by the time he could have swung his camera into action.

  p.7

• CIRCULAR, GREENISH BLUE WITH BRIGHT LIGHT HALO. APP ROX 10' FROM GROUND. STA YED IN ONE SPOT NO HORIZ OR VERT MOVEMENT. TWO (2) APPROX. 4'' IN SIZE SIDE BY SIDE APPROX. 3'' AP4RT

  p.16

• OBJECT HAS BEEN VIEWED EVERY NIGHT SINCE LAST WEEK IN APRIL BTWN 11:~5PM AND 12:30 AM APPEARS TO BE IN AREA OF GOOD SPIRIT LAKE N , W , OF EBENEZEER SK

  p.9

• The fireball seemed to land about 2000 feet from where I was standing . It did not make any sound at all while I was watching it fall.

  p.20

Most interesting

• The full FOIA series totals 8,759 pages across 29 parts — one of the largest consolidated UAP document releases in Canadian government history.
• The NRC Meteor Centre functioned as the scientific clearinghouse: RCMP detachments were procedurally required under Operational Manual CO-Air 1195 to telex reports directly to it, creating a consistent paper trail across decades.
• The Cape Forchu photograph, the only physical evidence submitted in the sampled pages, was debunked by microscopic analysis as a scratch that had completely penetrated the film emulsion.
• The Weyburn, Saskatchewan object was actively followed by a police cruiser for approximately 90 minutes before it moved beyond tracking range — one of the longer pursuit durations in the sampled records.
• The Nampa, Alberta encounter involved two objects simultaneously, lasting approximately one second — a duration too brief to rule in or rule out virtually any conventional explanation.
• The Ebenezer, Saskatchewan object reportedly appeared on multiple consecutive nights over several weeks with consistent timing between 11:45 PM and 12:30 AM, suggesting either a recurring phenomenon or a fixed astronomical source near the horizon.
• The Calgary ATC radar covered a 30-mile radius and returned no contact, yet witnesses described a departure that was 'very rapid' relative to prior slow-wandering movement — an inconsistency the file does not resolve.
• The Salt Pond, Newfoundland fireball was estimated at two feet in diameter with a trailing white streak 100 feet long; the object reportedly made no sound during descent and appeared to fall slowly, complicating a straightforward meteorite reading.