BOAC Stratocruiser crew sighting over Labrador

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A BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser at Manchester in 1954
A BOAC Stratocruiser in 1954, the type whose crew reported the objects over Labrador RuthAS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The captain and copilot of a BOAC Stratocruiser flying from New York to London reported one large dark object and six smaller ones pacing the airliner toward Goose Bay. The Condon study judged a mirage of distant terrain the likely cause, though one aspect stayed unexplained.

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  1. OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Sec. III Ch. 5: Optical and Radar Analysis of Field Cases (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (text hosted by National Capital Area Skeptics) / 1969

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