Case file · Sighting
US Navy aircraft and the orange disc off Newfoundland
On 10 February 1951 the crew of a US Navy aircraft over the North Atlantic near Gander reported a near-collision with a large, glowing orange circular object.
1951 CE · 48.95, -54.57 · status: account
The account
The crew said the object 'almost literally flew circles around' the plane. The case is among the best-known early Canadian sightings, from the years when the Department of National Defence had only just begun collecting reports.
The sceptical view
The account comes from the crew alone; no independent radar or physical record has been published.