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MV Nickerson Red-Light Radar / Visual Report

October 4, 1967Offshore south of Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Captain Leo Mersey and crew reportedly observed four brilliant red lights offshore while the vessel’s Decca radar showed four corresponding targets; one light later arced overhead.

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CLAIM-590007reported
“Mersey said all four lights painted targets on the vessel’s Decca radar and that RCC/harbour authorities advised no naval exercise was in progress; RCMP later requested his report.”
Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash
SRC-002098 · MV Nickerson radar/RCMP; uploaded PDF pages 14-16
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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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