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Air Canada Flight 305 Rectangular-Object Report

October 4, 1967Air Canada Flight 305 route, southeastern Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Captain Pierre Guy Charbonneau and First Officer Robert Ralph reportedly observed a large orange rectangular object with trailing lights, followed by two luminous explosion-like events, while flying at 12,000 feet over southeastern Quebec.

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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-590002reported
“The book says Charbonneau and Ralph saw a huge well-lit orange rectangular object with a string of smaller lights roughly parallel to their course.”
Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash
SRC-002098 · Air Canada 305 observation; uploaded PDF pages 12-13
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CLAIM-590003reported
“At 19:19 and 19:21 the pilots reportedly saw two explosion-like luminous events change color while the smaller lights broke formation and moved around them.”
Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash
SRC-002098 · Air Canada luminous events; uploaded PDF pages 12-13
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Encounter · Official Response / Documentation

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Nova Scotia October 4, 1967 Regional UFO Reports · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-590029reported
“Wayne Nickerson’s daughter later emailed the authors that her father had told her in 1967 of seeing two moon-like objects, one descending to the water; he was deceased by the time of the book.”
Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash
SRC-002098 · Wayne Nickerson hearsay; uploaded PDF pages 79-80
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