Steamship Burgeo flashes sighting
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Four construction company employees and a ship captain observed evenly-spaced silvery to reddish flashes at regular intervals over the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1947.
“The four gentlemen and Captain Gullage, Master of the 'Burgeo', were standing on the starboard deck, and as the Captain was trying to describe a previous sighting, he saw the flashes; the other four gentlemen also saw them as described herein, and believed that it was not a meteorite or airplane because of its speed, color, and evenly spaced discharges or flashes.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-20
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- aboard Steamship Burgeo enroute from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, about one hour out from Sydney
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Atlantic Ocean
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- 1388th AAF Base Unit, Newfoundland Base Command
- Sensors
- eyewitness
Resolution
Captain Gullage also reported seeing a similar object on July 15, 1947 in approximately the same location
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130
Case ID: 1947-USAF-BFBD
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This sighting
aboard Steamship Burgeo enroute from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, about one hour out from Sydney / 1947 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130 — Written report of this sighting