James Bay, Ontario - Blue Flame Meteor Explosion
A blue flame object the size of a football streaked out of the sky near Moose Factory and exploded, illuminating the entire area brighter than daylight, followed by an orange streak of light shooting upward for approximately one second.
“A big ball of blue flame, seemingly the size of a football streak ed out of the sq and exploded neer this North.em Ontario conmmi ty {Moose Fact ory) nesr the shores of Jsmes Bey. The explosi on 11 t up t he entire area brighter than d.eylight, the wholt? ball disappeur ed and a second l ater a streak of orange light shot 11pward from were the ball was l a st seen.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D088.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 11 Mar 4g
- Date exactness
- Not exact
- Location
- Near shores of James Bay, Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- Ontario
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- ball
- Size
- size of a football
- Duration
- 2s
Resolution
Likely meteor; correlates with earlier reports from Cochran, 150 miles south of Moose Jaw around 11:00 P.M. EST Thursday; witness described object plunging downward like a spent rocket.
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Near shores of James Bay, Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada / undated
- DOW-UAP-D088.pdf — Written report of this sighting