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TACTICS: Object was moving faster than a star, obviously, since it climbed from 240° on the eastern horizon to overhead in 25 minutes and mysteriously vanished, although it was still in sight when COMMENT: Visibility was clear for 20 miles. The UFO was observed through binoculars. It was in sight too long and yet moved too fast to be a star, planet, comet or meteor. For the same reason (too long in sight), it could not have been a satellite. To be a balloon and travel from the horizon to the zenith in 25 minutes, it would have had to have a speed far in excess of the highest wind-velocity reported during the sighting. Also, the wind-direction was about 280°, a difference of 40° from the UFO's reported direction of motion. was much too local in character and besides, no aurora was reported by geophysical observations during the time of the sighting. Mistaking an aircraft for the UFO was ruled out because the observer was an experienced pilot and he should most certainly have recognized aircraft lights when he saw them. Another factor which tended to discount that the UFO was possibly an aircraft is that air traffic in the area of Labrador is checked much more closely than in the United States for Air Defense reasons. The TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: August 10, 1959 at 1:28 A.M. local time/Goose Air Force Base, Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. DURATION: 25 minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: An experienced Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Excellent. SHAPE: Bright light, appearing as a large star. DIMENSIONS: (See SHAPE). COLOR: Brightly white. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: From horizon to overhead. SPEED: Not estimated. exactly overhead. The aurora, or "Northern Lights," could not have been mistaken for a UFO because the sighted object