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UFO case file · UFO-38126

Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1977-07-19 — Sackville, NS

CE3Canada1977-07-19

Sackville, NS, Canada

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1977-07-19 — Sackville, NS
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1977-07-19 — Sackville, NS

Case description

Four observers reportedly watched a boxlike object over Hillcrest Drive, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, shortly after midnight on 19 July 1977. The signed RCMP questionnaire gives 12:40 a.m. daylight-saving time. It names David Kerr, Paul Eric Kerr, Maxwell Crouse and David Francis Curran. An earlier telex's 1840 notation conflicts with that fuller timing. The object was described as square, with two windows emitting a hazy green light. Importantly, the signed report explicitly mentions two figures in the windows, but supplies no facial features, body proportions or other anatomy. Coloured lights surrounded the perimeter; the telex lists red, blue, green and yellow, while the follow-up includes white. The object allegedly hovered about one hundred feet above ground for five minutes, moved in a semicircle, stopped briefly and then vanished or departed rapidly. Total duration was approximately six and a half minutes. Police said drawings had been supplied, but they were not recovered with these two pages. The signed form also records that all four observers had consumed alcohol, while stating they were not drunk. That qualification belongs with the testimony and is neither proof of fabrication nor independent confirmation. The plate therefore includes two unresolved silhouettes behind windows, preserving the reported occupants without inventing alien appearance.

Recorded details

Coordinate precision
Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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