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UFO case file · UFO-4213

Caledonia, Ontario entity encounter — June 13, 1967

CE3Canada1967-06-13

Caledonia, Ontario, Canada

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Caledonia, Ontario entity encounter — June 13, 1967
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Caledonia, Ontario entity encounter — June 13, 1967

Case description

At about 2:30 a.m. on June 13, 1967, Domtar worker Carmen Cuneo stepped outside at a mine near Caledonia, Ontario. Near a pond and the lower mine dump, he reported two objects hovering approximately twelve feet above the ground: a cigar-like craft about thirty-six feet long, with four small windows and a projecting boom, and a smaller disc about fifteen feet across. Three short figures were said to be walking beneath the larger craft. The contemporary account compared their headgear to miners' hats, with a row of amber lights. After watching for around ten minutes, Cuneo fetched fellow worker Merv Hannigan. The figures were no longer visible when they returned, although both men reportedly watched the objects until they departed southwest around 3:05 a.m. Later that morning Cuneo reported a ground gouge and an oily substance on burdock leaves, apparently containing tiny metallic particles. His suggestion that steps made the gouge was an interpretation, not an observed landing mechanism. Saucers, Space & Science published an investigative visit that autumn. The plate correctly places Cuneo with the figures and both craft in the first observation; Hannigan is not added to the occupant scene he did not report seeing.

Recorded details

Local time
2:30 a.m.
Craft description
Three 3 to 4' tall beings, light colored clothing, helmets, moved around beneath cigar-shaped craft with windows.
Entity description
Three 3 to 4' tall beings, light colored clothing, helmets, moved around beneath cigar-shaped craft with windows.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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UFO-4214 is the same attributed Cuneo account with a June 15 catalogue date; current sourceReference explicitly cites Cuneo’s June 19 letter and the same Nov–Dec 1967 APRO Bulletin. Film says June 13 and varies craft count, uniform colour and some dimensions. This is related/date-variant coverage, not confirmation of a separate June 15 incident.

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