DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9670127
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1948
REPORTED LOCATIONCanada
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THE FOREIGN SERVICE
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Office of Military Air Attache
United States Embassy
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

14 Mareh 1948

Mr. A. Cc. Sica
TSNAD
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

Dear My a

I am forwarding here an article clipped out of the Toronto
Globe & Mail dated 15 March 1948 for your information.

An official report is being made through proper channels.

Wemee, |

Very truly yours,

ML apie Loy —

WOODROW B. WILMOT
Lt Colonel, USAF
Air Technical Liaison Officer

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Ball of Blue Flame Falls From Sky
And Explodes Near Moose Factory

Moose Factory March 14 (CP), —ithe northern sky, She described it
A biz ball of blue Mame, seemingly aa about the size of a full moon
(he site of a football, streaked out which gave the appearance of dis-
of the sky Thursday night and ex-\integration as it fell.

ploded near this-Morthern Ontario, ~~~

community near the = shores ot}

James Bay, V. J, Pratt of the Hud.)

son's Bay Company reported.

The explosion lit up the entire.
aven brighter than daylight, the
whole ball disappeared and a sec.
ond later a streak of orange light
‘hot upward from where the ball
Was last seen, he said, The orange
“!reagk was gone within a second,

Vitnesses heard no noise of any
kina,

The incident tied up with earlier
reperts {rom Cochrane, 150 miles)
south of here, where several citi-
zens reported seeing what they be
lieved was a meteor about 1140
p.m. EST Thursday.

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Giles. said the object plunged)
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Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT.
INCILENT INDEA

le Aatrononical

a. Eigh probability:
#26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94,
95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140,

147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 197, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216,
212, 238.

b. tair or low probability:
GIS, 20, 25, 24, 28, $b, 36, 46, 60, 63, 67, 86, G2, 93, 1¢d,
112, 120, 121, 129, 180, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192,
1$9, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.

2. Noneastrononical tut suggestive of other explanations

a. Balloons or ordinary alirorait:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42, 53, 94, 73, 81, 83, 91, 92, 113, 114, 115,
126, 131, 138, 141, 145, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 165,
169, 171, 173, 178, 180, 182, 198, 190, 194, 195, 196, 1934,.
200, 201, 209, 21u, 217, 222, 255, 257, 259.

b, kookets, flares or falling bodies:

#4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 56, 65, 78, 106, 107,
108, 109, 133, 170, 211, 2198.

G. Miscellaneous (reflections, auroral streamers, birds, eto.):
#59, 89, 123, 124, 128, 146, 164, 181, 189, 214, 221, 251, 234.

3. Woneastronomical, with no explanation evident

a. Lack of evidence precludes explanation:
#58, 44, 45, 47, 55, 57, 72, 86, 87, 88, 9C, 99, 110, 117, 118,

126, 127, 157, 139, 149, 150, 177, 179, 191, 206, 212, 215,
229, 232, 23535.

bd. Bvidence offered suggests no explanation:
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#1, 2, 10, 17, 21, 29, 37, 40, Sl, 62, 58, 61, 62, 64, 68, 71,
76, 76, 77, 79, 8&4, 105, 112, 122, 135, 151, 152, 154, 162,
6, 183, 186, 193, 207, 215, 223, 224, 225, 226,

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236, 241. 242. 2485, 244, 134.