INCIDENT INTELLIGENCE / CASE FILE

Edmonton International Airport ATC Sighting

DATE OF INCIDENT

October 16, 1982

KEY WITNESSES

Edmonton ATC Officers and Commercial Flight Crews

Summary

Edmonton ATC and incoming passenger flight captains logged a bright disc hovering over controlled approach vectors.

Detail report

Air traffic controllers at Edmonton International Airport received independent reports from two commercial airline captains regarding an intensely glowing disc-shaped object hovering in commercial flight paths. Primary surveillance radar corroborated an unidentified target at 28,000 feet. The object remained completely stationary despite 40-knot crosswinds before accelerating rapidly into upper cloud cover.

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