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SUBJ: UNUSUAL INCIDENT REPORT - YUKON

REF: CFAO 4-13

1. WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 97 AT 2305 HRS LOCAL OVER A CABIN AND THE

LAKE IN THE LAKE LABERGE AREA, YUKON TERRITORY (6114N 13514W)

2. PERSONS REPORTED OBSERVING A QUOTE TRIANGLE-SHAPED, 6 FOOT LONG X

1.5 FEET AT BASE, BLACK, POINTED, NO FINS VISIBLE, OBJECT MOVING IN A

PROBABLE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION OVER LAKE LABERGE 6115N 13514W)

UNQUOTE. THE OBJECTS SPEED WAS DESCRIBED AS QUOTE VERY FAST,

COVERING THE AREA IN WHICH IT WAS VISIBLE IN ABOUT 2 TO 3 SECONDS

UNQUOTE. THE OBJECT TURNED OVER AN ISLAND (PROBABLY, ALTHOUGH NOT

CONFIRMED, RICHTOFEN ISLAND - 6107N 13509W) INSTANTANEOUSLY IN AN

UNDISCLOSED DIRECTION AND MOVED OFF OUT OF SIGHT. OBJECT WAS

REPORTED SHOWING NO REPEAT NO VAPOUR TRIAL AND NO REPEAT LIGHTS.

IT WAS REPORTED FLYING AT ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE GROUND WHEN IT

PASSED OVER THE OBSERVER S CABIN. THE SOUND GIVEN OFF BY THE OBJECT

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WAS REPORTED AS QUOTE THE FLUTTERING SOUND OF A KITE ALTHOUGH VERY

LOUD UNQUOTE(I.E. IT WOULD BE LOUD ENOUGH TO COVER CONVERSATION)

WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS BEING A CLEAR SKY WITH A FULL MOON (CFNA G3

AIR CONTACTED ROCC NORTH BAY, ACOC, WHITEHORSE FSS, COLD LAKE WING

OPS AND COMOX WING OPS. NONE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF ANY A/C OR TESTING

TAKING PLACE OVER THE LAKE LABERGE AREA. A NUMBER OF A/C WERE IN THE

AREA AROUND THE REPORTED TIME BUT NONE REMOTELY RESEMBLED THE OBJECT S

DESCRIPTION AND NONE REPORTED OBSERVING ANYTHING UNUSUAL)

3. 19(1)----------> REPORTED THE SIGHTING TO A 19(1)---------->

19(1)-------------------------------------> UNQUOTE (ONE OF TWO

WHITEHORSE NEWSPAPERS) WHO, IN TURN, INQUIRED ABOUT THE INCIDENT OF

CFNAHQ G3 AIR, CAPT DWAYNE LOVEGROVE AND THE COMDR. THE COMDR SPOKE

DIRECTLY WITH 19(1) ON 26 JUN 97. 19(1) REPORTED THAT ONE OF

HIS NEIGHBORS ALSO OBSERVED THE OBJECT AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HEARD

THE OBJECT FLY OVER

4. MILITARY AIRCRAFT WERE SEEN AT THE WHITEHORSE AIRPORT DURING THE

NEXT WEEK (5 X CF-18 ARR CYXY 1730 HRS LOCAL, 21 JUN 97). HENCE, THE

INCIDENT WAS SUPPOSED BY MR 19(1) TO BE SOME SORT OF MILITARY

TESTING. (THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED WERE CONFIRMED AS CF-18 A/C, 416

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SQN, COLD LAKE ENROUTE RETURN FROM EXERCISE IN ALASKA)

5. THIS HQ TO SEEK FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE EVENT/SIGHTING.

WILL REPORT ON ANY FURTHER INFO

6. 19(1)--------------> , AT LEAST, HAS ALREADY RUN STORY ON THE

EVENT. LOCAL MEDIA ATTENTION IS EXPECTED. COMDR, CFNA RECEIVED A

CALL FROM 19(1)------------------------------> ON 24 JUN 97 RE THE

EVENT. TWO OF HIS 19(1) WITNESSED THE EVENT (ALTHOUGH NOT

HIMSELF) AND INDICATED THE TIMINGS

7. 19(1)--------------------------------------------------> CAN

BE LEFT AT 19(1) WHO ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE OBJECT FLYING

OVER HIS CABIN AND 19(1) WHITEHORSE, YUKON, 19(1)

A 19(1)-----------------------------------> UNQUOTE WHO INITIALLY

RECEIVED THE CALLS FROM THE OBSERVERS

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