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UFO case file · UFO-38621

Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1980-01-17 — Snowdrift, NWT

CE1Canada1980-01-17

Snowdrift, NWT, Canada

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Case description

On 1980-01-17, at or near Snowdrift, NWT, one or more witnesses reported an unidentified aerial event. SOUTHWEST LIGHT WOULD ALTERNATE FROM WHITE TO RED APPEARED (2) 80-01-17 - OBSERVED SAME GENERAL AREA AND TIME AND APPEARED (33 80-01-20 = OBSERVED SAME AREA FROM 1830-1930 HRS — MOVED Fe NO DISGERNAFLE SHAPE/ SINGLE FLASHING LIGHT CHANGING AS THOUGH THE LIGHT WAS WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SETTLEMENT+ TO BE FARTHER AWAY AND MORE TO THE WEST SIMILAR COLOR TO FIRST BUT ALSO DISPLAYED BLUE-GREEN LIGHT DISAPPEARED WITHOUT THIS LIGHT HAS BEEN SEEN ON AT LEAST WO MORE OCCASIONS IN THE C+ LOC GN-OFD CONTACT RCMP DET SNOWDRIFT NWT C403) 3311 He ALL SIGHTINGS STATIONARY EXCEPT SIGHTING 21 JAN 80 RCMP WILL CONDUCT GROUND SkARCH TODAY. SNOWDRIFT DET HAS RECD REPORTS QF THE SIGHTING OF AN UNUSUAL ”

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