PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
November 1951 Montreal, Canada © Was Balloon
oe 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF ODSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
Local 0 Ground- Vi suol O Ground-Rador o Probebly Aircraft
___GMT D Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE fi Was Astronomical PT) OR
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
D No 0 Possibly Astronomical
“7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE "\@ Other.
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING * 111. COMMENTS ri f

SEB CASE FILS Based on discription probable meteor

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) f

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Report on the Vicion of & rins, uhupec Tf]  nkene ¢ in tiic at

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by the reuthor ebout4: » Bie CLUOnNe: Oo bite Ba ty" i’ Nove be -

Ol, over the Cit, of Monirorl, at ti hi ‘tion of Lecury Bou-
levard on? Sherbroolte Otreet, (NE eae os
Port I

On 2 clear nirat, at about Ll) p.i, tne cuthor wns clandin, on the nortiyvest a3
Pecary Boulovard snd Sherbrooke Street, cing wp the nill and weitin: 7 l,
fo cvowntown; but... 170 bis.e...28 usual,

AL the interaection of Notre Yame do Groeo und the Boulevard, 19% § way iro
oer rooxe Streot, there in a traftie licht waieh woul’ toll whea the Livi

to red if o bua from Notre Mame de Creoe ‘ve, could be exvecter to ce CAL hs OWN

the n i ] l .

a , ms 2. 2. . . - ee , - Te ‘ m , 5 : - * — ‘ = F ee

tne cathor had Jus left. nis @ ae Le Me nm lyor e, after nile S22l cards ovenin«, + hy
. " = a 4 , : ae . ‘ ¢ sat : . :

wee far from expecting such a vision ae war about, to vitness3 though he is 2 meteor

eS L are an . ‘ wre x 7 a . =~ : .

end SEO%1rs Oovsorver, boing an enateur atronomry 3 ant as sate P io eves or" s) ‘ t Tas

an, £ P % ae eo a Pn es eee,
nize wil Bay instinctively,

After a minute of waiting for the bua, 2 freen Meh ip secn in the sry coring etsy

the Decary Boulevare from @round Cartiory ille or Ville “teLencca! » It too's bul ¢.

seconis for the author to rewlize that someting unvensl win happening. Tho supvooi-

tion that it wae a metocor wes quickly Besta. or thet it could be the green Lishta

of a olane of the usual type wes just ao quicxly forcy-ne; Tor, as tho secontn cpont,

the green lusinescence faded toa mavehuc petting cin or ll the snmape of a ce

dise-type ship begen to outline in the briphtly Lit sly of Sunset Row (sun of +)

upver Decary Boulevard, on account of the huge cloplay o: ligirts of signer, store 1

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lowever, ¢s the disc.plone kent comin; ts sient cariencd, dut thon, 22 orense-ra ree

cent, appeared under it, ereduall y chenpging to a brirht halo rsnrin he Yin fro

2000° Fahrenheit (Sethlehen standard 31_40 stecl) to 1200° in the ex ¥, then to the
ich darker 1100° near the middle boty of the disc-shiy. Thon it haspen) -tho viston

was now % reelity-~,

Silently enc grecetuity it, came flyin; oppsrently slowly, but actually its ane

bags fest, and the dimensions of the rinj-shipg were so mire thet the sight was overs
thelwing and dwJfounding, As the ship cped overhead it wes tined,durin: ite *

till it turned left and diss ppecred, et an apvroximate basis of one Ciameter of 4

enan per eccond, for a°lepse of time of nbout 79D seconds

hie enormous size anc rel tively low ceiling, of the dine ship porsltter alnon*t Lute

Gbaarvation of its dotails, construction, perforsgance and operstion.

For eisht oeplit cond the author hed the opportunity to engrriove mime: etoila

in his memory for clonr tine to come, It 13 never to be fb Ne

19 the dise-shi» ions by 9yor: end, two re ye ") rint + oO oh Oy , ‘13 " at s\* ,

show on the drawing no. 2, First, the nore eige wea very B; mnetoler at the sentt

of the position of the cuthor; soacon’l:, a L2000-vol' ty Lengion nev: :

seon oeross the immer circuler rings surface of the outer sart on the shins, In

way, a9 to very near coincide with the conter linc of the outer cirenler ring holy,

Flowing mysteriously through the sky, tho fiction—}ilre suip 7 d m1 si lenbl 1 4

darimeas, but its hally aglow, anc its Jj stronmin; s huge Tl ) range red, yellow,

preen l wows Colors, which reach was 28 long as the shis's diemeter,

Then aroin it hasven but this 43 in rev o TAOMMIVG Ine AE round a bee

emme cpraduclly ea luninescent presen, in « furious bollin, ct; , Win f !

veniohed, efter making quit har») curve, conel in: its o% Z naedc, 14

definitely the apvcearance of on clongsted green Pire ball,

When the shiv had almest completed itn op, nily 90° lef Luv, hor { t}

moponred at ime right of the eirot Ship, rom rf) it ion,

tne asme course as the, Tiroat chi; + ju choses 7 i o Pj

to the left. to follow in ware llel « ae ' Ay tr 1}

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The SPHERE ARNO Plene ’ . Part I Paes 2
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At the very line of vision of the vaniching point of the first chip, © oerk point was
instinctively located on the roof of on appart ionts block, across the Decary Boulevard,
gouth of Sherbdroolce strect, end twon inspection was earmarized os of being appro:tinatol:
100 feet from the north corner of the appartrents block,
fhe observetion profyed to the author, without a single hint of misteke, thet the dine-
ship seen was o "SPHERSAMAO" plene as naver seen or heard of previously, except oz ro-

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ferred to as “floating island", supposed to be sesizgned by the Germons, ane of which no

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@ctails are available, It is maid that sowcone in France clriimed to have photorrs.h7%
Zlar ones in forantion flight,

The euthor painfully regrets thet no witnesses were with him or arounc, lovever the !

S26 = bh oa ~t. Q — : jas : awe 4 3 Sn ’ >» . Fane very _ _ ‘ .- Aus
arise) Gpor ted of hovine sercrn people COSA GY UN acy On UNG AOLPO ives e G) m AN
ond Decary Boulevar’ intersection, ie hope thet this bu: river may be loceted, 5 t)
euthor related this observetion to him, as he cic to mmny other peonole,

It was the first time the euthor wos ;led a bus waa lon to comece

The author has made long rescarch on the geography and topography of the City of Montr
end suburbs in relation to his project of a Planctrriw: ond Anmsencnt Conter to be bui

on the Mont-Roval Mountain, Besides the fact that the suthor wus born en’ livec in th

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City of Montreal for about 40 yorrs, his study and’ ithowlerge of the city enabled him 1
Well locate the basic factors and escertuin the saccurncy of hin observation,

In the triangaletion of the s
{the results, confirmed by the final chec'ting of tie last vision marizpoint (with oc
tine error of only6,G3 seconds) is a tribute to the value of the observation and its

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author who truthfully roports

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re TEnmw1o0 plane's course ant? its cincnsions, the accuresc:
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vie TT. «i ~~ ~ey? stm =~ ( “hea “+ a5 Vito Qe “iis j “ ;
Lid .flonruinwlon O4° &..8 Ubservo.lon, tdi So , & ar
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The triangulation woul¢ have been aluost ispoossible without some begsison which to
stend for Piruring the size, the altitule and the scerd of th sherennno nlans, thre
guesses were made ond two lucky méritpoints plus the ticing were fortunntely savalleble,
First miescte The near od) @ of Line Leura QonE red anc we mu c woln: about Ur
zenith of ne observer's po sition (0 13
Second guecs:=- The apecd of the ship apsenred and wes cuessed as bein, about emi. to
ome dir. eter 0 f tite sphereanno plane per second, ne first observe? and chee'sed bet mn
soqueness ( $22) and (5=4);
Thivd gueso:- Tne distance of Clivht fro ( "= % } Lo polat Oi ds Sap pec rence (4.13 ) we 4

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fuensed as equal to 4 miles approxisustely.

23 course the grontest luck of all (and coincidence) was the plane's peth above ond

arallel to Tecary Boulevard, et (0, &-4}

First markpoints= Of course, is the lucy location of the observer/in reletioA to the
olene'sa oe nh of flight; from which location three lines of vision redintedsto the near (2
zenith up to the near ¢dgso of the plang, “asproximataly to the section center rnotnt of
the far edcre of the spheresmo niane's Tag (2—1), -an¢d to the markpoint (4) on hhe rool
across tho Roeletid (south of Sherbroote Strect) whieh line of virion ried the yon
ishing point of the plone ct Ci=1, )

secon) mar'cpoint:= As stated ubove, is the line of vision detersined by (4) mostttne ot
tml) the disappenrance of the plans whieh followed the oath of (1, SJ (2), 5 anc 4.1),

A P oO Curvoe
ne first triensulation is to Seternine tne aporoximete sige of the sshereaanuv sane
¥Y using seconde and third puess

the path between (5 end 4-1) bein
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i, bY Lle = 21120 fost which Civ Lde hf a5 ceconds in pet 10% ie tL 2a Lhe ‘oh er {or
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wicth) of ihe sphereanno plene, which is sualler by 125 foot of the now nes hae

au expleined further on,

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However, teling account of the 90 ceprecs curve at end of visible course of the flirts
wo get, by nsmming a curve of anprox] peby 53000 Lect in radiis, thisre

* ~ 7 y td “~w , bey ; a . = ’ Dd , .
21120 = 5000 = 15120 plus 2 ¥ 3000 X 42eS-t = 15120 plus 4712.4 = 22872.4 fect witch

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Civided by 20 seconis we ret 15.2 Veal iv sews cecsosee BVULEU mies 1b 59 fo trees} Pry
In the first instance e iuntion is 10.57% boelows and in the second tostane
the approximation is 5.3 7 below. |
In order to cet more securnto firurcs,cs to dimenzions ond nlLitude of the soheresnnys
no, the author assumed that the plane was men sade (earthly wen) I ‘ |

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pl nth | i | im see

* ds yet unknowm that the British or the United ®tates neosole aro in th rote of mniris
Ono or had actually built ono, thet such spherennio plnecs were built on the metrie bavis
by either cich peorlo as the Gernens(in Argentina) or the Soviets,
Thns, on such asounption and the near mathematical value en figured out ahove, the nuthor
aogumed that the qnherean 10 plane was about 500 meters in dinneter (center to conbar},
thet the ring's section cicmeter was abort 1/5 thet of tir Line ‘5. Which maxes the rt
60 metere in crosa section cinneter,.
Transposing the decimal into sexagceimal system we ret in fect the crosr port . f
over all diameter by using the canter to center basis, timia:-
400 incters = 984.2 fact (c mber to conter diunctecr), ond_2 73,2 z 196,% foot us crosie

section diameter.of the ring; now:e >

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ant » * 9! . ’ sha oe * — = 7° *s .
9 0s ar mi tf 19 Jerr COUA 11) 51,¢ } ee. 8&5 tae ovyer all ditmeter (width) ot the olone rs

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Hovoevops,the dinneter of the pant or sehere body of the srhrroamio niane win chin inad

by vi actin? epproxiaition, ‘First, drawin: the ring on an arbilrery oecle, thon bes
soective, on which was draw the eenter sphore about th ize 3% en rec to h 5 4)
Ooserver, then this sphere was reported and drawn on the acsle érawin Lron wi. cl
neoar cianetcr of tho sphere hody wes sealed end fou to be about 9O Loren; tray;

perpsactive error very well Co! id cos ot | it la Yr er or oe hy ° th J rir Lor I. Nn Vere /

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the author TVecls it. would rataer be 75 meters than 55 ue ;
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