Fireball over Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Fireball Sighting
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Canadian military and radar records answer to the Access to Information Act; historic UFO files are held by Library and Archives Canada. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Department of National Defence (Canada) · records window 2004-03-18 → 2004-04-04
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October 6, 2021 · 7:30 PM · CHEVRON
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
Looking west, I could see a very bright light up high in the distance. I took stock of my surrounding stars (I knew where to see Saturn and Jupiter at this time as I look at them often with my telescopes) and this was nowhere near them. I ran to get a small telescope and managed to lock on to it. From my telescope, I saw a horseshoe shape made up of various colored lights. I left my post for a moment to check on my young kids and when I returned to look again, it was gone. p.s. I later went back out to see if I could find something and saw something boomerang shaped (diffused amber light) move slowly across the sky (East to West) but could not catch it with my telescope.
September 17, 2021 · 6:15 PM · FLASH
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
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July 2, 2021 · 11:45 PM · CHANGING
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
https://youtu.be/FMGYFk4cXuU LINK TO MY FOOTAGE ON YOUTUBE. PLEASE WATCH. I was recording an object/craft that was hovering. Tried my best describing as im filming. Video was intented for my partner. But what i recorded turned out crazy. Must watch around 4m30 when a big white orb crosses the screen. It changed brightness and size.it was really bright. I thought it was a plane when i first spotted it, because i was so focused on the hovering craft. Sound on my recording cuts off when the two object seems to be perfectly hovering above eachother, one blinking. Youll think im crazy but after playing my video over and over, these two objects really seemed like they were communicating... https://youtu.be/FMGYFk4cXuU https://youtu.be/FMGYFk4cXuU https://youtu.be/FMGYFk4cXuU MUST WATCH MY VIDEO. raw footage. Thank you
June 27, 2021 · 5:00 PM · CYLINDER
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
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September 6, 2020 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
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July 30, 2020 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Ottawa (Canada), ON · Canada
I went outside to water my plant and got looking at Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon. I spotted a spherical white light object that was moving fast from North to South. I thought it was the space station but I realized it was too bright. As it moved it wobbled. No other lights. I went in the house to get my binoculars then back into the house to get my camera but it was gone when I got back out. No other detail but the white light could be seen. No sound.