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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft

Hall Lake, N.W.T., Canada
3. DATE-TiIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Lecal *-Greund- Vi suol O Ground-Reder Probebly Airereft
0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Reader Possibly Aircroft

TITY od Was Astronomical Jeteor
Probobly Astronomi
Possibly Astronomical

Insufficient Date for Evaluction
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Unk no wn

Round, white obj, size of baseball. The ; deseo of obj is typical
‘| Resembled a flare. Had whitish vapor trail of a daylight fireball.
much thinner than normal jet vapor trail,
twice as long as diameter of obj. Obj was
falling in downwird arc, give flash at
bottom of arc and then disappeared instanta-
aneously. Vapor trail lasted 5-10 min,

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/UNCLASSIFIED/ OPN-@2113. UFO. A DESCRIPTION DE OBJECT:

le ROUND

2. EASEBALL .
3, WHITE, SIMILAR TO EURNING MAGNESIUM

4. ONE

5. OIL

6. RESENPLED A FLARE

7. WHITISH VAPOR TRAIL, MUCH THINNER THAN A NORMAL JET

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YORTH AT TEN TO FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON : |

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DISAPPEARANCE aCe
FIVE SECONDS VAPOR TRAIL LASTED FIVE TO TEN MINUTES.

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TIME AND DATE OF SICHTING

2@/1545Z FEB 1959

DAY

LOCATION OF OBSERVERS

HALL LAKE, NWT, CANADA CREFERENCE PAGE 89, RADIO FACILITY

VEST MELVILLE NYT, CANADA (CHARTS, ALASKA, CANADA AND ty :
ROWLEY NYT, CANADA CNORTY ATLANTIC) ) Sus |
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Jammer AVY ECUIPMENT OPERATOR, NO AGE,

REL IABILITY= GOOD

_ SUPPLY SPECIALIST-AGE 42 RELIABILITY GOOD

WOME -C &E SUPERVISOR AGE 27 RELIABILITY-GOOD

| AGE 21 RELIABILITY GOOD
3 eee MORAL & SAFETY SUPERVISOR RELIABILITY GOOD

RIE cnet - ESKIMO APPRENTICE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AG 26

RELIABILITY GOOD
SLA ORE2 ACE 33 RELIABILITY GOOD ¢ ALL PERSONNEL ARE
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01g TRUE AT NINE KNOTS 6220

042 IRUE AT NINE KNOTS 10902

833 TRUE AT TEN KNOTS 16220

97% TRUE AT TWELVE KNOTS 20000

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X. SQUADRON LEADER KEITH H BALL, RCAF, MILITARY COMMANDER FOX
VAIN STATION, DEW LINE
AT 1545Z 28 FEB 59, AN OBSERVER AT WEST MELVILLE, ANOTHER AT ROWLEY

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AND TwO OBSERVERS AT HALL LAKE, ALL IN THE NORTH WEST
TERRITORIES WERE ATTRACTED BY A VERY BRIGHT WHITE FLASH IN THE
SKY. THE INITIAL FLASH APPEARED TO BE ABOUT FOURTY DEGREES ABWE
THE HORIZON AND FROM TWENTY TO SIXTY MILES NORTH OF THE OBSERVERS.
THE INITIAL INTENSITY’ OF TNE FLASH THEN DEVREASED SLIGHTLY AND

e CBJECT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL HELD AT ARMS LENGTH,

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RESENBLING A MAGNESIUM FLARE, CONTINUED IN AN DOWNWARD ARC
FROM NORTH TO SOUTY. AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS THIS ABJECT

INCREASED NOTICEABLE IN BRIGHTNESS AND THEN COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED

ABOUT FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON. A WHITISH VAPOROUS
TRAIL LASTING ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES WAS OBSERVED BETWEEN THE POINTS
OF THE INITIAL AND SECOND FLASH. THIS TRAIL WAS SAID TO RESENBLE THAT

¢,beFT BY A JET AIRCRAFT BUT TO BE CONSIDERABLE LESS DENSE.

ALTHOUGH INITIALLY & SOLID TRAIL IO BROKE UP INTO THREE SECTIONS IN

A Few MINUTES AND THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATED.

TVO MORE OBSERVERS AT HALL LAKE AND ONE MORE AT WEST MELVILLE
WITNESSED THE PHENOMENON SHORTLY AFTER THE INITIAL FLASH BUT

DID NOT NOT ACTUALLY SEE THE INITIAL FLASH. THTERE ATTENTION WAS
PROBABLY ATTRACTED TO THE OBJECT BY THEISECOND FLASH. THEIR
REPORTS WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL THE OTHER-.OBSERVERS.

ALTHOUCHT THESE VAX OQUS OBSERVERS WERE WIDELY SEPARWTED THERE IS A
REVARYABLE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE OBSERVATIONS WITH ONLY MINOR

VARIATIONS HEICHT AND DISTANCE ESTIMATES. I AM OF THE OPINION

THAT THIS WAS A GENUINE SIGHTING OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING
OBJECTS; WITH A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING THE ENTRY OF A

METEORITY INTO THE EARTHS ATMOSPHERE. Pe

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SECTION TWO OF TYO
/UNCLASSIFIED/ OPN-0211

THE [INTENSE WHITE COLOR OF T
[HE RESULTANT VAPORT TRAIL THE DOWNWARD ARC OF THE FLIGHT PATH

AND THE COMPLETE ABSENCE OF ANY NOISE OR VIBRATION WOULD APPEAR
TO BEAR THIS OUT. THE POSSIBILITY HOWEVER DOES EXISTS THAT THIS

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OBJECT, THE APPARANT VELOCITY,

PHENOMENON WAS THE RE-ENTRY OF SOME TYPE MISSILE INTO THE EARTHS

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[T IS ANTICIPATED THAT FURTHER REPORTS WILL BE RECEIVED FROM
“cv IMO3, ROMP, AND HUDSOM BAY PERSONNEL WHO ARE HAMPERED BY THE

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