Posted On: April 29, 2022

This is a compilation of six UFO sightings by pilots over Canada from 1967 to 1974. Each incident is short and to the point.

ONE

1967: UFOs stocking Commercial Airliners.

On July 7th, 1967, three air traffic controllers and two technicians monitoring an eastbound Air Canada flight suddenly noticed an unknown object on the radarscope, heading at high speed toward Kenora, Ontario. Later that same evening the same or a similar object was detected on the Kenora Airport radarscope, heading northeast. For a total of three hours the object described a series of maneuvers, executing 180 degree turns and chasing two Air Canada flights before resuming its original northeast heading and finally disappearing from the radarscope.

TWO

1967: Air Crew Observe UFO at End Of Runway.

On 15 November 1967, the crew of Quebec Air, Flight 650, sighted a very bright object at the end of the runway at Sept-iles, Quebec. It was larger than a star, stationary, and at an unknown altitude.

THREE

1974: Scandinavian pilot Observed Triangular UFO Near Quebec.

In July 1974, a Scandinavian Airlines captain flying thirty-five to forty miles southeast of Quebec City reported a triangular-shaped object moving in a southwesterly direction. During the sighting, Bagotville [Airport] experienced radio frequency interference.

FOUR

1974: Canadian Armed Forces Pilot has Run In With UFO Over Newfoundland.

On October 10th, 1974, John Breen, a Canadian armed forces pilot, was paced by a UFO over Newfoundland, en route from Deer Lake to Gander. A passenger flying with him first noticed a strange light following plane when they were about fifty miles from Gander. Every time Breen looked at the light it seemed to turn off, but finally he got a better view of it.

"It seemed to be a sort of triangle or delta-shaped, luminescent greenish light following us," Breen told investigator Gregory Kanon. "It was on for, say, two or three or four seconds and then off for a bit and on again. It was fairly regular. And then, as it carried on, it became pretty well a steady light."

About twenty-five to thirty miles from Gander, Breen radioed the airport and asked if they had any other traffic in the vicinity. They replied in the negative. "Then I said, well, we’ve definitely got an aircraft or something here with us," Breen reported.

The object was not a reflection of his Cessna 150’s lights, and about fourteen miles north of the airport, where the Gander River opens out into Gander Lake, the object could clearly be seen reflected in the water, but when flying over land the reflection could no longer be seen.

"I started a right turn and then cut hard left," Breen said. "Gander then picked up the object for two or three sweeps, which would have been about 10 to 12 seconds. When we turned around, I just saw it going off the other way and then I lost it because of the back of the airplane."

FIVE

1974: UFO Paces Commercial Jet at Close Range Near Gander.

On October 11th, 1974 at about 04:15 hours, an unidentified object was sighted by the captain and crew of a Capital Airlines DC-8 airliner, en route to Gander Airport at 7500 feet. The object drew alongside the plane, flashing red and white lights, maintaining a parallel course until finally disappearing in cloud cover about five miles from Gander. The airliner was flying at approximately 290 mph at the time, and the object maintained the same speed but occasionally accelerated a little ahead of the jet, then resumed its position alongside. Both the captain and first officer stated that the object was not an aircraft, and Air Traffic Control Gander confirmed that no other aircraft were in the vicinity.

The following week, the pilot of a small private plane nearly collided with a gigantic, apparently metallic object which shot across a runway at Saint Anthony, Newfoundland.

Researcher Arthur Bray contacted Transport Canada, the department responsible for civil air safety in Canada, and inquired about official studies and regulations regarding sightings of UFOs reported by pilots. "No studies on UFOs have been carried out by Transport Canada," a senior official informed him, "nor does Transport Canada have any regulations regarding UFOs."

SIX

1975: Radar and Visual Sighting at Falconbridge Of Large Sphere Shaped UFO.

In October and November 1975 a spate of low-level UFO sightings over Strategic Air Command bases in Maine, Michigan, Montana, and North Dakota caused widespread official concern, particularly since some of the unknown objects exhibited a "clear intent" over nuclear missile sites. A log extract from the Alert Center Branch of the US Air Force Aerospace Intelligence Division, on 31 October, mentions sightings near the Canadian border, contacted CIA ops center and informed them of U/I FLIGHT ACTIVITY OVER TWO SAC BASES NEAR CANADIAN BORDER. CIA INDICATED APPRECIATION AND REQUESTED THEY BE INFORMED OF ANY FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY."

On November 11th, 1975, at about 04:05 a.m., a UFO was reported visually and tracked on radar at the Canadian forces radar site at Falconbridge, Ontario. The following message from the Commander-in-Charge of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was relayed to NORAD units in North America:

THIS MORNING. 11 NOV 75, CFS FALCONBRIDGE REPORTED SEARCH AND HEIGHT FINDER RADAR PAINTS ON AN OBJECT UP TO 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE SITE RANGING IN ALTITUDE FROM 25000 FEET. TO 72000 FEET. THE SITE COMMANDER AND OTHER PERSONNEL SAY THE OBJECT APPEARED AS A BRIGHT STAR BUT MUCH CLOSER. WITH BINOCULARS THE OBJECT APPEARED AS A 100 FOOT DIAMETER SPHERE AND APPEARED TO HAVE CRATERS AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

On 13 November NORAD informed the media in Sudbury, Ontario, that the sighting had occurred at 4:05 a.m., and that two F-106 jets of the USAF Air National Guard’s Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, were scrambled, but the pilots reported no contact with the object. In the 11 November message, the NORAD Commander-in-Charge confirmed that "reliable military personnel" had reported the sightings in the US and at Falconbridge, and concluded:

BE ASSURED THAT THIS COMMAND IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE SOLID FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THESE SIGHTINGS. I HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED MY CONCERN TO SAFOI [Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information] THAT WE COME UP SOONEST WITH A PROPOSED ANSWER TO QUERIES FROM THE PRESS TO PREVENT OVER REACTION BY THE PUBLIC TO REPORTS IN THE MEDIA THAT MAY BE BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. TO DATE EFFORTS BY AIR GUARD HELICOPTERS, SAC HELICOPTERS AND NORAD F-106s HAVE FAILED TO PRODUCE POSITIVE ID.

The USAF was anxious to play down these disturbing incidents. An Air Force document of the same date advised that "unless there is evidence which links sightings, queries can best be handled individually at the source and as questions arise. Responses should be direct, forthright and emphasize that the action taken was in response to an isolated or specific incident. IOS should keep all levels and appropriate Majcoms informed of questions asked, media affiliations and responses given."

My Take: These are all pretty good sightings. No smoking guns here but they certainly make you think that the military knows something about what is going on. You just have to take a closer look.

Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988

Posted On: April 29, 2022

This is a compilation of six UFO sightings by pilots over Canada from 1967 to 1974. Each incident is short and to the point.

ONE

1967: UFOs stocking Commercial Airliners.

On July 7th, 1967, three air traffic controllers and two technicians monitoring an eastbound Air Canada flight suddenly noticed an unknown object on the radarscope, heading at high speed toward Kenora, Ontario. Later that same evening the same or a similar object was detected on the Kenora Airport radarscope, heading northeast. For a total of three hours the object described a series of maneuvers, executing 180 degree turns and chasing two Air Canada flights before resuming its original northeast heading and finally disappearing from the radarscope.

TWO

1967: Air Crew Observe UFO at End Of Runway.

On 15 November 1967, the crew of Quebec Air, Flight 650, sighted a very bright object at the end of the runway at Sept-iles, Quebec. It was larger than a star, stationary, and at an unknown altitude.

THREE

1974: Scandinavian pilot Observed Triangular UFO Near Quebec.

In July 1974, a Scandinavian Airlines captain flying thirty-five to forty miles southeast of Quebec City reported a triangular-shaped object moving in a southwesterly direction. During the sighting, Bagotville [Airport] experienced radio frequency interference.

FOUR

1974: Canadian Armed Forces Pilot has Run In With UFO Over Newfoundland.

On October 10th, 1974, John Breen, a Canadian armed forces pilot, was paced by a UFO over Newfoundland, en route from Deer Lake to Gander. A passenger flying with him first noticed a strange light following plane when they were about fifty miles from Gander. Every time Breen looked at the light it seemed to turn off, but finally he got a better view of it.

"It seemed to be a sort of triangle or delta-shaped, luminescent greenish light following us," Breen told investigator Gregory Kanon. "It was on for, say, two or three or four seconds and then off for a bit and on again. It was fairly regular. And then, as it carried on, it became pretty well a steady light."

About twenty-five to thirty miles from Gander, Breen radioed the airport and asked if they had any other traffic in the vicinity. They replied in the negative. "Then I said, well, we’ve definitely got an aircraft or something here with us," Breen reported.

The object was not a reflection of his Cessna 150’s lights, and about fourteen miles north of the airport, where the Gander River opens out into Gander Lake, the object could clearly be seen reflected in the water, but when flying over land the reflection could no longer be seen.

"I started a right turn and then cut hard left," Breen said. "Gander then picked up the object for two or three sweeps, which would have been about 10 to 12 seconds. When we turned around, I just saw it going off the other way and then I lost it because of the back of the airplane."

FIVE

1974: UFO Paces Commercial Jet at Close Range Near Gander.

On October 11th, 1974 at about 04:15 hours, an unidentified object was sighted by the captain and crew of a Capital Airlines DC-8 airliner, en route to Gander Airport at 7500 feet. The object drew alongside the plane, flashing red and white lights, maintaining a parallel course until finally disappearing in cloud cover about five miles from Gander. The airliner was flying at approximately 290 mph at the time, and the object maintained the same speed but occasionally accelerated a little ahead of the jet, then resumed its position alongside. Both the captain and first officer stated that the object was not an aircraft, and Air Traffic Control Gander confirmed that no other aircraft were in the vicinity.

The following week, the pilot of a small private plane nearly collided with a gigantic, apparently metallic object which shot across a runway at Saint Anthony, Newfoundland.

Researcher Arthur Bray contacted Transport Canada, the department responsible for civil air safety in Canada, and inquired about official studies and regulations regarding sightings of UFOs reported by pilots. "No studies on UFOs have been carried out by Transport Canada," a senior official informed him, "nor does Transport Canada have any regulations regarding UFOs."

SIX

1975: Radar and Visual Sighting at Falconbridge Of Large Sphere Shaped UFO.

In October and November 1975 a spate of low-level UFO sightings over Strategic Air Command bases in Maine, Michigan, Montana, and North Dakota caused widespread official concern, particularly since some of the unknown objects exhibited a "clear intent" over nuclear missile sites. A log extract from the Alert Center Branch of the US Air Force Aerospace Intelligence Division, on 31 October, mentions sightings near the Canadian border, contacted CIA ops center and informed them of U/I FLIGHT ACTIVITY OVER TWO SAC BASES NEAR CANADIAN BORDER. CIA INDICATED APPRECIATION AND REQUESTED THEY BE INFORMED OF ANY FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY."

On November 11th, 1975, at about 04:05 a.m., a UFO was reported visually and tracked on radar at the Canadian forces radar site at Falconbridge, Ontario. The following message from the Commander-in-Charge of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was relayed to NORAD units in North America:

THIS MORNING. 11 NOV 75, CFS FALCONBRIDGE REPORTED SEARCH AND HEIGHT FINDER RADAR PAINTS ON AN OBJECT UP TO 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE SITE RANGING IN ALTITUDE FROM 25000 FEET. TO 72000 FEET. THE SITE COMMANDER AND OTHER PERSONNEL SAY THE OBJECT APPEARED AS A BRIGHT STAR BUT MUCH CLOSER. WITH BINOCULARS THE OBJECT APPEARED AS A 100 FOOT DIAMETER SPHERE AND APPEARED TO HAVE CRATERS AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

On 13 November NORAD informed the media in Sudbury, Ontario, that the sighting had occurred at 4:05 a.m., and that two F-106 jets of the USAF Air National Guard’s Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan, were scrambled, but the pilots reported no contact with the object. In the 11 November message, the NORAD Commander-in-Charge confirmed that "reliable military personnel" had reported the sightings in the US and at Falconbridge, and concluded:

BE ASSURED THAT THIS COMMAND IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE SOLID FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THESE SIGHTINGS. I HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED MY CONCERN TO SAFOI [Secretary of the Air Force Office of Information] THAT WE COME UP SOONEST WITH A PROPOSED ANSWER TO QUERIES FROM THE PRESS TO PREVENT OVER REACTION BY THE PUBLIC TO REPORTS IN THE MEDIA THAT MAY BE BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. TO DATE EFFORTS BY AIR GUARD HELICOPTERS, SAC HELICOPTERS AND NORAD F-106s HAVE FAILED TO PRODUCE POSITIVE ID.

The USAF was anxious to play down these disturbing incidents. An Air Force document of the same date advised that "unless there is evidence which links sightings, queries can best be handled individually at the source and as questions arise. Responses should be direct, forthright and emphasize that the action taken was in response to an isolated or specific incident. IOS should keep all levels and appropriate Majcoms informed of questions asked, media affiliations and responses given."

My Take: These are all pretty good sightings. No smoking guns here but they certainly make you think that the military knows something about what is going on. You just have to take a closer look.

Resources: Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, 1988