Flying Disc Objects SightedTown of Watson Lake and Stewart Lake
July 10 and 19, 1952
(Posted February 11, 2001)
The following declassified record was obtained from Canadian Government Department of National Defence Documents from National Archives in Ottawa. These records in microfilm format are available to anyone. Names of witnesses have been blanked out prior to declassification. The specific microfilm is RG(Record Group) 24 vol. 17984 S-940-5, parts 1-2 On REEL T-3291.
Stewart Lake is approximately 60 kilometers (38 miles) due North of Watson Lake, Yukon.
A big thank-you to Justin Lemphers for taking the time to scan this microfilm reel for Yukon UFO Sightings.
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ROUTINE. ROUTINEFROM WESCOM 25 JUL 52
TO CANARMY
FURTHER TO OUR G 3288 DATED 23 JUL 52 FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SUBMITTED REGARDING DISC LIKE OBJECT SIGHTED 1225 HRS
PST 10 JUL. UNABLE TO GET ANY DETAIL CONCERNING THIS OBJECT OTHER
THAN IT WAS SIGHTED BY WACO PILOT XXXXXXXXXXXXX BRITISH YUKON AIR
SERVICES WATSON LAKE YT. HEIGHT OF OBJECT UNKNOWN. TWO DISC LIKE
OBJECTS WERE SIGHTED BY WACO PILOT XXXXXXXXXXXX AT 2200 HRS PST
19 JUL 52 OVER STEWART LAKE. REPORT OF THIS SIGHTING CONFIRMED
BY XXXXXXXXXX ARMY SURVEY PARTY. THESE OBJECTS WERE APPROXIMATELY
THREE THOUSAND FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND REMAINED IN VISION FOR
APPROXIMATELY FOUR SECONDS. OBJECT WAS DISC SHAPED GLEAMED LIKE
METAL AND MOVED WITH AN OSCILLATING MOTION. FUTURE REPORTS OF
SIGHTINGS OF UNKNOWN FLYING OBJECTS WEILL BE REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HQS 9159-4
((MI-10) DATED 26 OCT 50
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