Argentia&St Johns Area Newfoundland unidentified aerial event — December 1957

On or during December 1957, at or near Argentia&St Johns Area Newfoundland, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object, large flash of light passed across the sky, flash appeared similar to an explosion. SQR400 MULT DCIOEEYAI21 JEAfl7 JDGfl2 ZJAII45FXAI26 7YRJEPHQRJJLEDN RJEDSQ DE RJENFX l2A Yll25530Z FM JIR 6ATH CVNAD CO TO RJEPIIQJDIR INTEL HQ USAF UASHUDC RJEUDN/COMV ADN INT AFS COLO' RJEDSQ/CCMM ATIC UIAFE OHIO ZEN/AOC ADCH ST HUBERT QUEBEC BT CONAD CC 3923 BEWBEH THE PERIOD FROM ©2/01302TO 02I033QZ 1NUSUAL DH-115 B OBJECT SIGHTED IN THE SKY IN THE AREA OF ST, JOHNS NFLD. BATEMAN SAID THE FLASH APPEARED SIMILAR TO AN EXPLOSION, AND THAT IT CAME INTO VIEW, PASSED ACROSS THE SKY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SEVERAL OTHER UUAF PERSONNEL IN THIS AREA OBSERVED PAGE TWO OF RJENFX 12A SIMILAR TYPE FLASH AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME/A NUMBER OF OTHERS. THREE PEOPLE REPORTED SEEING A LARGE FIXED LIGHT IN THE SKY AND TWO OTHERS SAID THEY NOTICED A BRIGHT FLASHING OBJECT MOVE ACROSS THE SKY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AND THAT IT SEEMED TO BE EXPLODING. ANOTHER CIVILIAN REPORTED SEEING A BRIGHT FLASH IN THE SKY AT 1845 AND A SEAMAN STATIONED AT ARGENTIA NAVAL AIR STATION REPORTED TO AUTHORITIES THAT HE SAW A LIKE PHENOMENA AT APPROXIMATELY 2132. SIGHTED BY 1/LT. IT REMAINS ALL 3 AGREED THAT THE OBJECT WAS NOT PROBABLY A AGC AS IT APPROACHED THE MOON IT CHANGED TO WHITE AND THEN A DULL RED AS IT MOVED AWAY, IT WAS THREE TO FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN A MAC AS IT APPROACHED THE MOON PAGE TWO RJWPHY 1A ANY STAR THAT WAS VISIBLE. IT MOVED FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON IN MOVING TOO FAST TO BE A SATELLITE SEVERAL REPORTS OF A SIGHTING AND CASE WAS SENT BY TELETYPE TO ATIC