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Radar Sighting of Unknown Aircraft
Reported from AAF Goose Bay, Labrador
Incident: 155

Sighting occurred at 0812Z 29 Oct 1948 when an unidentified object appeared on Ground Control Approach. Scope was approximately two miles from center of field on a bearing of 170°. Object traveled about two miles and disappeared. No report on altitude was determined. Estimated rate of speed was 25 to 30 MPH. GCA operator called in another operator to verify his findings. Object again appeared at 0819Z and remained in scope until 0825Z. At 0819 the object appeared on a bearing of 090° and moved slowly in a wide arc to 270° and again disappeared. Object again appeared at 0916Z east of the field on a heading of 270° about 2 miles distant from the field in perfect alignment with runway 27. It appeared to be the same as an aircraft making approach for landing. Size appeared to be the same as that of an aircraft at either extremely low or extremely high altitude. Object was very clear on GCA scope at all times. Plotting on base map indicates that object was in vicinity of Hamilton River at the time of the first spotting. The second spotting placed it in the immediate vicinity of Lake Melville and Dock Area.