56degrees10N 117degrees30WCanada reported egg oval observation — November 1948

Incident #203 -- Alberta Province, Canada -- 17 november 1948 The object reported in this incident was certainly a fireball. In Reply Refer To: ATS DSS 11 May 1949 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects TO : Commanding General Air Matériel Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTN: AMCIAO-X3 1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAAS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and First Indorsement thereto by this Headquarters, dated 31 March 1949. Where was Object(s) Sighted 56° 10' North Latitude by 117° 30' West Longitude Peace River, Alberta Province - some 250 miles N/W of Edmonton (i.e., ground, air, control tower, etc.) 4. Number of Object(s) Sighted 1. The following report of an object observed by 1st Lt. James Mcenery is submitted in compliance with Secret Letter dtd 20 Oct 48 frum MATS Headquarters, subject: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs". a. Object sighted- (1) Number - One (2) Shape - Egg shaped with a tail (3) Size - Approximately 50' in hight tapering to a point at the tail. (4) Color - Bright flaming orange (5) Speed - Unknown (6) Heading - South West DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Incident: 203 A bright flaming orange object similar in shape to an egg with a tail was observed near Peace River, Alberta Province, some 250 miles NW of Edmonton, by 1st Lt James Toomey & S/Sgt Onno C. The object was momentarily sighted at zero degrees; broken stratus clouds. The object, very flaming at 1,700 ft MSL on top of an overcast when the object was sighted. As it passed it momentarily illuminated the sky behind it.