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Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash

Don Ledger · author / Chris Styles · author

Don Ledger and Chris Styles' investigative account of the October 4, 1967 Shag Harbour incident, combining witness interviews, reproduced/described Canadian government records, search history, and later disputed or anonymous military testimony. Introduction by Whitley Strieber.

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PUBLISHED CLAIMS
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ARCHIVE TARGETS
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PRIMARY CLAIM LINKS
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// EDITIONS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
SRC-002098Tier 2

April 2001 Dell Publishing edition

Publication: 2001-04-01
Publisher: Dell Publishing · United States
Language: en
Edition verification: reported
ISBN: 0-440-23647-9
// CLAIM PROVENANCE
137 CITATION LINK(S)
CLAIM-120001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Ledger and Styles describe the Shag Harbour object as poorly resolved in hull shape. Laurie Wickens and companions primarily reported four lights flashing sequentially in a straight line, while RCMP Corporal Victor Werbicki later estimated that the light on the water appeared associated with a large object roughly sixty feet across.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF pp. 21-25CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120002 · Reported Encounter Observation
“The book recounts Laurie Wickens' account that a low object with four sequentially flashing lights descended toward Shag Harbour at roughly a forty-five-degree angle, at times appearing to pause or hover. Wickens and passengers then reported a whistling/whooshing sound and a bang before seeing a pale yellow light bobbing on the water approximately two to three hundred yards offshore.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF p. 21CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120003 · Reported Encounter Observation
“After Wickens called the Barrington Passage RCMP detachment, Corporal Werbicki reportedly received additional calls from Mary Banks, observers near Cape Sable Island, and a caller at Bear Point describing lights, a whistling sound, a flash or bang, and concern that an aircraft had gone down near Shag Harbour.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF pp. 22-23CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120004 · Reported Underwater Activity
“At the waterfront, responding RCMP officers and civilians watched a light associated with the object on the water. Constable Ron Pond, assigned to observe it through binoculars, reportedly saw the light grow fainter and disappear from view in a manner interpreted as the object slipping beneath the surface.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF p. 25CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120005 · Reported Physical Trace
“Civilian search boats reaching the reported impact area encountered a broad patch of glittering yellow foam, described as roughly three inches thick with bubbles rising through it. One crew member who touched the material was reported to have an oily substance on his arms, though it caused no immediate pain and the fishermen could not identify it as ordinary fuel or engine oil.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF pp. 27-28CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120006 · Reported Physical Trace
“Norm Smith later estimated the foam/slick as about eighty feet wide and roughly half a mile long. Lawrence Smith recalled a distinct sulfur-like odor near the rising bubbles and steered away because of concern that an unknown gas might present a fire hazard.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF p. 28CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120007 · Official Response / Documentation
“Ledger and Styles report that by the morning of October 5 the Rescue Coordination Center had eliminated a missing-aircraft explanation and was referring to the object as a UFO. They later located a priority message from RCC Halifax to Canadian Forces Headquarters stating that a UFO had impacted the waters of Shag Harbour and naming RCMP personnel among the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF p. 28CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120007 · Official Response / Documentation
“Ledger and Styles report that by the morning of October 5 the Rescue Coordination Center had eliminated a missing-aircraft explanation and was referring to the object as a UFO. They later located a priority message from RCC Halifax to Canadian Forces Headquarters stating that a UFO had impacted the waters of Shag Harbour and naming RCMP personnel among the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Four, PDF p. 36 (priority RCC-to-Canadian Forces message described)CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120008 · Official Response / Documentation
“The authors describe a priority telex from Canadian Maritime Command to the Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic ordering a diving officer and three divers to search for an object reported by the RCMP approximately three hundred yards offshore. In the document, the word UFO was prominently emphasized.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Four, PDF p. 37 (CANMARCOM/Fleet Diving Unit telex described)CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120009 · Official Response / Documentation
“The book states that Royal Canadian Navy divers searched the sound beginning October 6 and that Canadian Forces Maritime Command ended the official search on October 9 without publicly reporting a recovered object or definitive explanation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF pp. 29-30CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120010 · Reported Physical Trace
“Local fisherman Donald Nickerson is reported by the authors as saying he saw naval divers bring aluminum-colored debris to the surface. The book explicitly notes that no official record available to the authors confirmed that this material was associated with the unidentified object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter Three, PDF pp. 29-30CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120011 · Reported Underwater Activity
“A source identified by the authors under the pseudonym “Earl” said he had received a later military briefing claiming the Shag Harbour object submerged, moved around Cape Sable Island to Government Point near Shelburne, and was joined underwater by a second object while naval vessels monitored the area. The authors themselves identify this account as secondhand.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · PDF pp. 43-44; authors explicitly describe “Earl” as secondhand sourceCLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-120012 · Official Response / Documentation
“A retired air-force source called “Jim” in the book said he had served aboard a naval vessel near Shelburne as part of an aircraft-identification team and overheard divers insisting that the submerged target was not a submarine. Another retired ELINT source called “Terry” described a week of unusual Canadian-American coastal missions dropping sonar buoys near Shelburne. Neither account is presented with independently verifiable identities in the book.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · PDF pp. 41-44; pseudonymous retired military sources “Jim” and “Terry”CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590003 · Reported Encounter Observation
“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.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Air Canada luminous events; uploaded PDF pages 12-13CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590005 · Reported Encounter Observation
“William Thibeault and his brother reportedly watched two dim white lights followed by a brighter one move northeast-to-southwest for about five minutes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Eastern Passage; uploaded PDF pages 13-14CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590007 · Official Response / Documentation
“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.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · MV Nickerson radar/RCMP; uploaded PDF pages 14-16CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590008 · Reported Encounter Observation
“Styles recounts watching a dull-orange featureless sphere roughly 50–60 feet across pass silently along Halifax Harbour at close apparent range.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Styles firsthand account; uploaded PDF pages 10-11CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590009 · Reported Encounter Observation
“The book says a woman near the Halifax ferry wharf and other callers independently reported a 40–50-foot glowing orange object moving through the harbour area that night.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Halifax callers; uploaded PDF pages 16-16CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590011 · Reported Encounter Observation
“Walter Titus and other fishing crews reportedly watched a bright light produce three yellow lights and maneuver rapidly while multiple vessels discussed the objects over marine radio.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Digby Neck fleet; uploaded PDF pages 17-19CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590012 · Reported Encounter Observation
“Constable Ian Andrew and three game wardens reportedly saw a low silent orange/candle-flame-like light with sparks or corona; Andrew later said he filed no report because of the paperwork burden.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Arthur Lake; uploaded PDF pages 19-20CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590013 · Official Response / Documentation
“The book emphasizes that Wickens and other initial callers thought an aircraft had crashed; the RCMP and RCC began with a rescue/aircraft-loss problem rather than a civilian claim of an alien craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · initial aircraft-crash framing; uploaded PDF pages 21-28CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590015 · Official Response / Documentation
“The book describes Condon-project investigator Norman Levine as contacting Maritime Command and RCMP, after which the case was dropped because the official search was considered immediate and thorough; Condon classified it unexplained.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Condon/Levine handling; uploaded PDF pages 30-31CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590016 · Official Response / Documentation
“Styles found that an archival file group had documented “significant deletions” in July 1994; he interpreted the reduced file as possibly sanitized.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · archive deletions; uploaded PDF pages 51-53CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-590017 · Reported Physical Trace
“A 1988 Fisheries research cruise side-scan chart near the broader Shag Harbour area included acoustic features annotated “May not be boulders,” including four circular depressions in a diamond-like pattern.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · 1988 Navicula sonar; uploaded PDF pages 64-66CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590018 · Reported Physical Trace
“The 1995 Canadian Seabed Research/Sightings expedition completed a sonar survey of the sound and several dives but found no target of highly unusual nature; weather prevented a return to the offshore Navicula target area.”
DISPUTES
SRC-002098 · 1995 survey null result; uploaded PDF pages 70-75CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-590019 · Reported Underwater Activity
“A retired navy diver called “Harry” said he had participated in a separate Shelburne-area operation with several ships, divers and recovered foam/debris, and asserted that the submerged target was not conventional.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · Harry testimony; uploaded PDF pages 37-40CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590020 · Official Response / Documentation
“A retired air-force aircraft-identification specialist called “Jim” said he was placed aboard a naval vessel near Shelburne and overheard divers disputing the cover explanation that the target was a Soviet submarine.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · Jim testimony; uploaded PDF pages 40-42CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590021 · Reported Underwater Activity
“The source called “Earl” relayed a later briefing in which Colonel Rushton allegedly said the Shag Harbour object traveled underwater to Government Point and was joined by another object.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · Earl secondhand briefing; uploaded PDF pages 43-44CLAIM STATUS: UNVERIFIED
CLAIM-590022 · Official Response / Documentation
“A retired ELINT officer called “Terry” described roughly a week of unusual Canadian-American coastal flights dropping sonar buoys and strict instructions not to discuss the mission.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · Terry mission testimony; uploaded PDF pages 44-44CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590023 · Official Response / Documentation
“Former RCAF Air Desk officer William Bain told Styles he remembered the Shag Harbour recovery effort but did not remember a recovery operation off CFS Shelburne; he said such a matter might have been handled by the navy/NORAD.”
DISPUTES
SRC-002098 · William Bain negative recollection; uploaded PDF pages 52-53CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-590024 · Reported Encounter Observation
“Chapter Eight claims a NORAD track from Siberia, speeds of about 7,500 and 4,400 mph and a North Bay fighter scramble, based on unnamed military information and Earl’s later briefing.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · NORAD/speed narrative; uploaded PDF pages 58-61CLAIM STATUS: UNVERIFIED
CLAIM-590025 · Reported Encounter Observation
“The Cameron family reportedly watched six then four red-orange lights flashing sequentially, later reappearing at an angle and finally appearing as two objects departing toward the Gulf of Maine.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Cameron family; uploaded PDF pages 78-79CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590026 · Official Response / Documentation
“The book says an RCMP officer took statements, checked with the RCAF and found no reported aircraft or known air operations; the report recommended government interviews of these witnesses and those from October 4.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Cameron RCMP report; uploaded PDF pages 79-79CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590027 · Reported Encounter Observation
“Lawrence Smith and Gene Smith reportedly watched an orange light with five additional lights; as one went out their car engine and tape deck stopped, and they later thought about ten minutes were unaccounted for.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Bear Point 1970; uploaded PDF pages 73-74CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590029 · Reported Encounter Observation
“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.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · Wayne Nickerson hearsay; uploaded PDF pages 79-80CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-590030 · Official Response / Documentation
“An unidentified former RCAF radio officer called “Leo” told the authors there were two objects in the water and that divers took photographs, but refused to provide further detail.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002098 · anonymous RCAF radio officer; uploaded PDF pages 80-81CLAIM STATUS: UNVERIFIED
CLAIM-590032 · Official Response / Documentation
“Chapter Ten describes a Cape Roseway lighthouse “commando” episode and notes a plausible NATO/submarine-exercise explanation, while also speculating about a UFO-recovery connection.”
DISPUTES
SRC-002098 · Cape Roseway commando episode; uploaded PDF pages 75-78CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-800001 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The sighting of a UFO by local fisherman Leo Mersey was actually taken so seriously by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that they filed an official report.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800002 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“There were reports of mysterious lights all over the Shag Harbor area, and extensive official interviews of witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800003 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The crash took place, without a doubt, and the government took it very seriously indeed, as the documents in the appendix demonstrate.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800004 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The government response became extremely strange and secretive, and very different from what it would have been if this had been an aircraft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800005 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Shag Harbor incident not only proves that UFOs exist and that they can crash or at least plunge violently into the sea, it also proves that the government knows this and does nothing about it - at least, nothing that is revealed to the public.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800006 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Shag Harbor incident has the potential to be such a case. The official record of this crash was made public. In addition, the whole incident was observed in detail by many witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800007 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The crash of the sixty-foot 'Dark Object,' as it is referred to in many government documents, was not taken lightly by the government.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 1: IntroductionCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800008 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“A well-lit, large, orange rectangular object, followed by a string of smaller lights, like the tail on a kite, was tracking parallel to their course at their altitude about twenty degrees above the horizon.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 2: THE BEGINNINGCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800009 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Suddenly, at 1919 hours ADT, there was a sizable explosion near the larger object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 2: THE BEGINNINGCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800010 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Two minutes later, at 1921 hours, there was another apparent explosion that turned into a second sphere, which was orange in color.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 2: THE BEGINNINGCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800011 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“They saw two dim white lights followed by a brighter white light, all moving slowly in a northeast to southwest direction.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 2: THE BEGINNINGCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800012 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“This course would take them down the coastline of Nova Scotia, over towns and villages, in the direction of Shag Harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 2: THE BEGINNINGCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800013 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“It appeared to be descending at about a forty-five-degree angle, but not with any great speed. Sometimes it would appear to stop its descent and hover, then continue downward again.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 3: THE SHAG HARBOR INCIDENTCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800014 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The object, whatever it was, had just impacted the surface of the ocean about two to three hundred yards offshore.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 3: THE SHAG HARBOR INCIDENTCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800015 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“I'm sure that an airplane of some size had crashed into the sound by Shag Harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800016 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“I saw something out on the sound and thought an airplane might have crashed there.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800017 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“I saw an object, flashing four lights in a sequence, descending into the Shag Harbor area and they thought it might have crashed there.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800018 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“I saw a whistling noise, a flash of light, and a loud bang, indicating to him that something might have crashed somewhere near the harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800019 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“We've since had several calls reporting lights or an airplane going down in Shag Harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800020 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“I'm heading to the site and I'm heading over there myself, so would you go back to the Moss plant and wait for me?”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800021 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“We've been up continuously now for nearly twenty-four hours.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800022 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“We continued the search later the next morning, after getting some sleep and having a good breakfast, but their efforts turned up nothing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800023 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“It had taken a full day to get their equipment on-site from their base in Halifax, where it was stored on an aged destroyer permanently docked there.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 4: The Incident at Shag HarborCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800024 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“A series of bright lights glided into the ocean off Shag Harbor, Shelburne County...”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 5: THE UFO CRASH THAT WASN'TCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800025 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The bottom of the sound was sandy and surprisingly uncluttered.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 5: THE UFO CRASH THAT WASN'TCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800026 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Donald Nickerson reported seeing the divers bringing up debris from the bottom.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 5: THE UFO CRASH THAT WASN'TCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800027 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“A search had turned up nothing that was relevant.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 5: THE UFO CRASH THAT WASN'TCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800028 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Chris Styles was watching a rebroadcast of a segment of the now legendary UFO incident that took place in the New Mexico desert near Roswell Air Force Base on July 4, 1947.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 5: THE UFO CRASH THAT WASN'TCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800029 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“A priority message to CAN-FORCEHED from RCC Halifax reported a UFO impacting the waters of Shag Harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 6: FINDING THE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800030 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“A search operation by the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Maritime Command to locate an object reported by the RCMP in the vicinity of Shelburne Harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 6: FINDING THE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800031 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Americans were bound to be there. They owned most of the stuff. They supplied Canada with high-tech equipment so they could find out if the Russians were heading their way via Canada.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 6: FINDING THE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800032 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Chris's interest was aroused enough for him to tell Earl about his efforts to uncover the details about the crash.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800033 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Earl had a UFO sighting in 1970, while on Cape Sable Island, about seven miles west of Baccaro Radar Station.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800034 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Chris was aware that what Earl had to tell him was secondhand. This was the information that was given to Earl during the briefing he received from Rushton.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800035 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Chris was introduced to a retired air force officer by a friend who knew of his interest in UFO phenomena, and the Shag Harbor story in particular.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800036 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Major Victor Eldridge was the base administration officer at Baccaro, a NORAD facility near Shelburne.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800037 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Dave Kendricks was a young man who witnessed the UFO in the air and on the waters of the inner harbor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800038 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Norm Smith was a passenger in Dave's car who also witnessed the UFO.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800039 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Laurie Wickens reported an airplane crash into the water.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800040 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Brad Shand was out on a boat with Norm Smith and saw the foam.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800041 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Lawrence Smith was also out on a boat that night.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800042 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Chris found the press clipping he was looking for. He read the part of it reporting that Brad Shand, in his boat the Joan Priscilla, had steamed through the foam, called 'the mysterious substance' by the paper, about twenty-five minutes after the light had disappeared.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 7: MORE WITNESSESCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800043 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The large object began to slowly merge with one of the smaller ones to become a single object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800044 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“It wasn't clear to them if this was the result of one passing behind the other.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800045 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The tiny star like object blinked back on and began to dart around the heavens in rapid and impossible maneuvers.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800046 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The object made a quick exit over the tree line, toward the ocean.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800047 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The acceleration curve outdid anything young Darrell had seen at any air show.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800048 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Another thing Darrell found very curious was the lack of sound, since the speed of the object should have caused a sonic boom.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800049 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The tides in that area had been ebbing for about forty-five minutes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800050 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The UFO must have been motoring along under some sort of propulsion because the current was too weak to propel it forward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800051 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The night over most of Nova Scotia for that date, the Shag Harbor area included, was cool and clear, with a temperature of forty-two degrees Fahrenheit, and low humidity.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800052 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The entries in the log were supposedly penned over a forty-eight-hour period, yet they're all in the same handwriting.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800053 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Stroker report, recording the daily reports and routine at CFS, Harrington, at Baccaro, disappeared, then showed up two months later.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800054 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Dark Object crash is noted as happening at 2330 GMT, which would have made it 7:30 P.M. local time rather than the actual time of the incident, about 11:30 P.M.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 8: GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTSCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800055 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The Dark Object was only thirteen-and-a-half miles from the radar station at its closest point, and this was one of the most sophisticated arrays of scanning and radar equipment that the military of that time could devise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 9: THE MILITARY THREATCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800056 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“It dropped nicely into the puzzle.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002098 · Chapter 10: THE SEARCHCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800057 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Could we confirm that there had been a barge in the area and find out where it had come from?”
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CLAIM-800058 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Did the reason for the barge being in the area, as stated in the newspaper story, make sense?”
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CLAIM-800059 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Had the 'repair job' carried out on the barge been handled in a normal fashion?”
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CLAIM-800060 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Could there be debris, artifacts, or even evidence of seabed trauma waiting to be found beneath the waters that lie between the Dark Object's initial impact site and its last known surface position?”
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CLAIM-800061 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“By the summer of 1995 one question troubled us more than any other about the Shag Harbor incident.”
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CLAIM-800062 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Could it be that simple to find proof?”
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CLAIM-800063 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“It is a well-recorded fact that the original military search claimed 'nil results.'”
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CLAIM-800064 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“By the summer of 1995 there were two things to consider.”
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CLAIM-800065 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“First was the state of underwater technology.”
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CLAIM-800066 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Side-scan sonar, magnetometers, and subbottom profilers are powerful new tools of detection.”
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CLAIM-800067 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Navigating by GPS (global positioning satellites) guarantees that what you discover on the sea bottom can be found again, with precision, on another day.”
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CLAIM-800068 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“On the cold winter's day of January 12, 1995, we were at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography at the northern end of Halifax Harbor, for a meeting with Gordon Fader, scientist and oceanographer.”
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SRC-002098 · Chapter 10: THE SEARCHCLAIM STATUS: REPORTEDPRIMARY SOURCE
CLAIM-800069 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Bob Miller sat in on the meeting. He seemed to be fascinated by the events in Shag Harbor, and appeared to find it refreshing that there was a UFO case that had significant corroboration and document support.”
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CLAIM-800070 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Noon approached, so we moved our meeting to BIO's cafeteria.”
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CLAIM-800071 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“As we passed documents around the table, Bob's forehead furrowed in thought.”
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CLAIM-800072 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“He informed us that he might have sailed over or at least near the Shag Harbor impact site on a geoscience survey cruise in the summer of 1988, six years earlier.”
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CLAIM-800073 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry Crowell, as the junior lighthouse keeper at Cape Roseway, was pulling the graveyard shift that evening. He was on his way from his living accommodations to the lighthouse on McNutt Island.”
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CLAIM-800074 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry and his friend ran to the shore to offer assistance and discovered some very frightened men dressed in strange, dark military garb.”
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CLAIM-800075 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry remembers a Piper-Cub-type airplane circling over the area constantly for several days, as well as regular helicopter visits.”
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CLAIM-800076 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry and his wife Donna recall this crew as having been there for the best part of two days, if not three.”
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CLAIM-800077 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry remembers a Piper-Cub-type airplane circling over the area constantly for several days, as well as regular helicopter visits.”
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CLAIM-800078 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Barry suggested that it might have been part of some NATO exercise.”
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CLAIM-800079 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The first one, the Onandogan, was brought over to Canada, bound for the Royal Canadian Naval Base in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and due to enter port on October 4 to 5.”
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CLAIM-800080 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“While still several hundred miles out to sea it was diverted to Shelburne Harbor.”
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CLAIM-800081 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Back then only two or three of its crew were Canadian and knew anything about submarines. For the most part the officers and crew were British.”
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CLAIM-800082 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“On Wednesday evening, October 11, 1967, Lock-land, his wife Lorraine, and their daughter Louella were watching television in the living room of their house in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia.”
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CLAIM-800083 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Suddenly the TV picture began to wiggle, with a white line down the middle of the screen.”
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CLAIM-800084 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Lockland endured this for a few moments, then went to the window to look for an airplane, which in those days was the usual culprit when your TV picture was shaky.”
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CLAIM-800085 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The six family members stood and watched, fascinated by the lights. First there were six of them, then four, flashing in sequence to the left, then back to the right in reverse order.”
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CLAIM-800086 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The object itself was stationary, hovering at an altitude of about five hundred to six hundred feet.”
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CLAIM-800087 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“They watched the lights for seven to eight minutes, until they suddenly went out.”
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CLAIM-800088 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Shortly afterward they reappeared in a slightly different area, but this time they pointed downward at an angle of about thirty-five degrees.”
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CLAIM-800089 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The family continued to watch the object until it vanished over Tusket Island.”
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CLAIM-800090 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“Moments later they saw the lights again, only this time they were much closer.”
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CLAIM-800091 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The lights were about the size of a car and were moving very fast.”
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CLAIM-800092 · dark object the worlds only government documented Observation
“The lights were a bright white color and were moving in a straight line.”
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