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Over the years, celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand have passed through. These visitors may have been stars, but on one night in 1974, Gander had visitors that were truly out of this world.
On Oct. 10, a report of a possible sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) was made to the Gander Airport detail office of the RCMP.
According to RCMP records, the sighting was reported by an air traffic controller, a three-year veteran of the Gander Air Traffic Control Centre.
At the time of the sighting the controller, who was also a pilot, was flying a Cessna aircraft at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet with one passenger. Both men were said to be mature and responsible individuals.
The Cessna was returning from Deer Lake to Gander, and the flight was progressing normally through clear skies with occasional clouds. About 40 miles northwest of Gander, the pilot and passenger spotted a strange light almost directly beneath them. The object was described as being a solitary green luminous light at an altitude of approximately 3,000 feet.
The light seemed to be triangular or delta-shaped. At first, it was on for only two to four seconds and then blinked off. It then blinked on and off in a regular pattern. As time passed the blinking ceased and it became a steady light.
At first, the pilot interpreted the sight as his starboard aviation light reflecting off a cloud bank below. Turning off all his aviation lights for a moment, he discovered that the green glow continued directly below. He tried to discern if the green light was part of a bigger craft, but only the green light itself could be seen.
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