Joint U.S.-Canadian Aviation Projects and UFO Sighting Reports, 1954-1955
This file contains reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning various then-developmental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The file includes assessments of the experimental potential of the “Avro Project Y2,” a joint U.S.-Canadian near-circular VTOL aircraft that is similar in appearance to contemporary popular descriptions of unidentified flying objects (UFO). A 1954 memorandum opines that VTOL aircraft with a circular planform may be mistaken for UFOs to observers unfamiliar with such technologies. It also recommends that UFO reports in the vicinity of Soviet military operations or assets be re-examined to assess whether they may be attributable to previously unknown…
Catalogue description by the publishing agency.
- Record
- DOW-UAP-D095
- Release
- Release 04 · Jul 10, 2026
- Incident
- 1955 · Various
- Pages
- 57
- Verdict
- not judged yet
- Source
- war.gov ↗
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