“Not to Be Made”: Project Second Storey and Project Magnet, 1950–1954

Part 31 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR Canada had two overlapping UFO projects. The Department of Transport authorized Wilbert Smith’s Project Magnet. The Second Storey committee used his work on reporting, while his conclusion that some sightings were extraterrestrial remained his own. Second Storey met six times in 1952–54 and ordered 400 sighting forms, and some came back filled out. The committee kept collecting reports after advisi...