UFO case file · UFO-37184
Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1970-08-13 — Montreal North, QC
Montreal North, QC, Canada
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Case description
A North Bay message records a visual report from Montréal-Nord, Québec, at 02:15Z on 13 August 1970. The named caller, J. Chalifoux, was the sole observer identified. The UTC date should be retained carefully because the corresponding local evening began on the preceding calendar day. The report says the appearance had been seen for the third time that evening, but does not supply the length or precise timing of each view.
Chalifoux described a bright object followed by a purple light, moving very fast from east to west about a thousand feet above the buildings. A ticking sound was reported. That height and speed were visual estimates. The message gives no body shape, dimensions, windows, occupants or interaction, and does not establish whether the two lights belonged to one object or separate sources. The word ‘being’ in the administrative phrase about repeated observation is not a reference to an entity.
The account came through Montréal air services and was forwarded for the National Research Council. The message mentions a similar report from a nearby location on 4 August, without enough detail to equate the events. The imported support page describing a multicolored star-like light is a different Ottawa observation by another woman and is excluded. The reconstruction therefore shows one representative observer, a bright leading light and a smaller purple follower above urban roofs, preserving the report’s limited detail without borrowing colors or anatomy from unrelated records.
Recorded details
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- EXACT_DAY
Sources and further reading
- LAC 4680-1204-7931 — Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics - Reports on non-meteoric sightings, unidentified flying objects, UFO's
- 22 NORAD/North Bay message: Montréal North August 13 1970 02:15Z, J. Chalifoux; NRC N70/050, Canada FOIA Part 5 p.3
- Adjacent Ottawa Mrs. Brown report, NRC N70/051, unrelated to Montréal; Canada FOIA Part 5 p.4