April 12, 1952 — RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario
8:30 p.m. W/O E. H. Rossell and Flight Sgt. Reginald McRae are driving on RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, when they see a bright amber disc arrive from the southwest, move across the airfield, stop, and then take off in the opposite direction at an angle of 30° at terrific speed. [Eberhart] This was a sighting that got the attention of the Canadian Government and prompted them to begin a UFO investigation, Project Second Story. [Dan Wilson]
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Sources:
“Flying Saucers Could be Real Admit Top Canadian Scientist,” Ottawa (Ont.) Journal, April 16, 1952, pp. 1, 16;
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-flying-saucers-could/122547121/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-ottawajournal19520/192692907/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-ottawajournal19520/192692980/
“Flying Discs No Joke Now In Air Force.” Ottawa (Ont.) Journal, April 16, 1952, p. 3;
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-ottawajournal19520/192692992/
“RCAF Personnel See Flying Discs Near North Bay,” Toronto Globe and Mail, April 16, 1952, p. 4;
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-globe-and-mail-torontoglobeandmai/192693101/
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 535, p. 125;
Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 92–94;
NICAP, “Amber Disc Stops, Reverses Direction”;
Broken link from NICAP page,from Wayback: