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Declassified: Two US Airmen Reported Glowing UFO In Canada In 1953

Orb2 witnessesOfficial docJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AMCanada

Witnesses

2 witnesses

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

3

Source context

Moderate context

63

The report has enough structure and source material to stay in active review.

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Open

Live sighting record 8013286e-e724-4c9d-94a3-643e5e07895d.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

91% illumination

Waxing gibbous — bright sky

Solar window

Sunrise9:26 AM
Sunset3:06 PM
Day length5h 40m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsOvercast
Temperature-34°F
Cloud cover84% · Overcast
Wind4 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days1 sightings within 60 mi

Meteor activity

Active showerQuadrantids · 120 ZHR
Peak windowJan 3

Context notes

Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)

Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Timezone

Mountain Time (Canada)

Location

Canada

Observers

2 witnesses

Witness account

Narrative

This is an interesting report from the 7th tranche. Two (reliable) airmen straight-up saw an orb act like an orb over a Cold War base and reported it. The report went all through the top secret channels. submitted by /u/teheditor

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Canada.

PublishedOct 26, 2026, 7:09 AM

r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.

Linked event

Grouped into the Cold War incident dossier.

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Source material

source

Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/UFOs.

telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.