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| Stanley Nova Scotia Date: March 8, 2003 Time: 7:35 p.m. I received this report from a pilot friend of mine via email. Date of Occurrence: March 8,2003 Time: 7:35 PM AST [23:35 UTC] Location: Hwy.236, 2 miles west of Stanley, Nova Scotia 45 04 30 North 63 53 30 West Witnesses: 2 Details: While returning home [ground vehicle] on Highway 236 about two miles east of Stanley airfield, Nova Scotia a pilot reported a fast moving brilliant white light traveling south to north, moving parallel to, and just above the horizon. He reported it was moving too fast to be an aircraft. He and his wife [who first spotted it 2 or 3 seconds before the pilot] observed the light for the space of about 8 -10 to 13 seconds for his wife. It then went out of their line of sight over the tree line on the right side of the road. He compared the light’s speed as being some 6 to 7 times the cruising speed of a Cessna 172 [100 knots] meaning the object was traveling fast enough to be supersonic. He heard no sound but did not attribute any significance to this because his windows were closed and the radio was on. He described the light as being equal to the intensity of a “heavy’s” [meaning an airliner’s] landing light. The pilot is a long time acquaintance of this investigator and has been a friend of mine for 25 years. He’s been a pilot for over 30 years with many hours in various types of aircraft and is heavily involved in the Canadian aviation community. Halifax tower was contacted. The logs there reflected no indication that they were aware of the sighting though the controller offered that he had just come on duty. I contacted Moncton Center-the overall TRACON for the eastern area of Canada and asked the Shift Manager if he would check the radar tapes. He returned my call later advising that a check of the tapes revealed an aircraft [airliner they had worked] at 33,000 feet north of that position. But nothing else. The aircraft at 33,000 feet did NOT fit the profile of the sighting. I queried their ability to paint any returns at low level and was told they could only see down to about 700 feet AGL [800 feet ASL] at the position of the airfield two miles to the east of the sighting position. It’s safe to say then that the object was probably below the radar’s sight or in the ground clutter. A call to CFB Greenwood tower fifty miles to the west of the area was not possible due to the switchboard being closed on weekends. A range of low hills is situated between CFB Greenwood and the sighting area so there might be a scattering layer there for Greenwood tower as well-but there is a chance that their radar did see something due to their radar site being situated up about 700 feet on the side of North Mountain 10 miles northwest of their field-or 60 miles northwest of the sighting area. Thanks to Don Ledger at: Maritime UFO File |
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