Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1970-12-23 — NB

The New Brunswick digest concerns follow-up to recurring lights reported around Canaan Forks in December 1970. Earlier messages placed the first observation near 1 December, with sightings around eight in the evening and again before dawn. Observers described a bright, apparently circular appearance with red, green and white areas, and what seemed like fire projecting from several legs beneath it. Those were visual impressions at an estimated great height, not recovered structural details. On 23 December, an RCMP patrol visited the Canaan Forks area. At about 21:00 under a clear sky, a witness pointed out the object. The officer thought it was a bright star or planet, brighter than the surrounding stars. The witness was using a telescope. The officer attributed the different colors to reflections in its lens; through binoculars he saw only a very bright white light. He noted that the same object could also be seen from Chipman. The officer concluded the file unless instructed otherwise. The report therefore preserves a conventional explanation offered after a shared view, rather than an unresolved close encounter with beings. It does not identify the particular star or planet through a documented astronomical calculation, so that precise identification remains unknown. The imported 23 December date belongs to this follow-up rather than the beginning of the sightings. The illustration shows the witness and officer observing a distant white point with optical equipment, keeping the claimed legs and colored structure separate from what police actually confirmed.