Research and Investigation into Anomalous Light Phenomena
on and over Lake Ontario, Ontario, Canada



REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS IN THE NIAGARA

AND LAKE ONTARIO AREA

(Courtesy of Cathy Laughlan)

NIAGARA FALLS GAZETTE

August 25, 1967


Two city police officers reported their second sighting this week of two unidentified flying objects (OFOs) [sic] early this morning when they called into police headquarters at 4:25 a.m. and asked for a check on aircraft in the area.

Patrolmen Anthony Caraglin, 39, of 2942 Jerault Ave., a 12-year veteran on the force, and David Greene, 25, of 3511 Pine Ave., with 2½ years' service, both saw the objects while they were patrolling in the 19th Street Mackenna Avenue area of the city.

Their report stated, "We saw two objects in the sky -- one object went in an easterly direction, then wen [sic] northeasterly. As the object went out of sight it appeared to give off different colored lights. While the object was in sight it was a solid white light and appeared to be round.

"Object Two was the same as Object One but went from south to north and went out of sight. Both objects were in view for approximately 15 minutes and appeared to be very high."

Officer Caraglin said, "We saw the objects Wednesday morning at about the same time but didn't bother to report them. I wish now we hadn't reported this one either."

He was referring to the kidding the two officers received from their fellow policemen as they went off shift this morning.

A similar reaction came from Howard Kay, a DuPont employe, and an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force in which he served as a radar chief. Mr. Kay said he saw the objects Wednesday morning around 4 a.m. but didn't report them because of the ridicule involved in reports of such sightings.

Both officers who observed the objects this morning said the light was larger and brighter than a star but they could give no estimate of the altitude or size of the objects but stated they were moving "very slowly" and appeared to be very high.

Mr. Kay said the object he saw looked like an "inverted cereal bowl and was lit up." He said the object appeared to be over the Niagara River near Buffalo Avenue. Mr. Kay lives at 205 Lake St., Youngstown.

Lt. Thomas L. White, U.S. Air Force information officer, was questioned regarding any sightings in the area at either of the times mentioned. He said, "I have checked with the U.S. Air Force Station at Lockport and the 763rd Radar Squadron there reports no objects logged by their radar screens at these times."

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