USAF record 28986847

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 9 May 60

2. LOCATION Ottawa, Canada

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 0215 GMT 090715Z May 60

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS [No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Hot stated

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ONE

9. COURSE zig-zag

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object observed as a light. Moving in one general direction with spurts to one side or the other while remaining on a constant course. As light approached it passed through a cloud which gave it a "halo" effect. No sound.

Information received in letter. Observed by civilian and member of Canadian Air Force. Request for additional information not answered. Initial observation assumed a/c coming in to land at local airport.

11. COMMENTS Suggests possible light refraction from fog or inversion. However witness called airport and no aircraft were in area at that time. Without additional information no conclusion can be reached.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [REDACTED] Probably Balloon [REDACTED] Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] Was Aircraft [REDACTED] Probably Aircraft [REDACTED] Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] Was Astronomical [REDACTED] Probably Astronomical [REDACTED] Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]