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UFO case file · UFO-38623

Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1979-12-31 — Snowdrift, NWT

CE1Canada1979-12-31

Snowdrift, NWT, Canada

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Case description

On 1979-12-31, 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 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 SNOWDRIFT DET HAS RECD REPORTS QF THE SIGHTING OF AN UNUSUAL ”

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