18/ The Montreal case is a strong one because the witness group is substantial. A tourist, hotel staff, guests, several Montreal police officers, an RCMP investigator, professional journalists and an airline pilot stood on the rooftop at different times. Between 40 and 75 people may have passed through during the event. The first police call was made at 7:38, only minutes after the first sighting, and the newspaper was contacted before the object disappeared. The duration is also a key factor...

13/ There is another part of the official response that has become blurred over time. Modern versions of the story sometimes say that the RCMP, the Canadian military and NASA all launched an investigation that night, before the files were classified within 24 hours. I couldn't find that sequence in the original Haines and Guenette report. The report shows Montreal police and the RCMP responding directly. It says Investigator Morin called Major Thompson at the Department of National Defence's...

12/ The radar result becomes clearer when it is placed beside the weather at the time. Dorval's ASR-5 radar was operating on the evening of November 7. The airport's control tower director later confirmed that the RCMP had asked about an unknown object east of the airport and that no contact was found. Montreal Air Traffic Control also reported nothing unusual. The investigators worked through the radar coverage. At the altitudes suggested for the phenomenon, a conventional aircraft above cen...