[NAME CENSORED]
Welland, Ontario
December 12, 1953

R.C.A.F. Headquarters
Ottawa, Canada.

Dear Sirs:

I am not sure to whom I should report this but would appreciate it if you would forward this to whomever may be interested.

On Thursday night, December 10, 1953 at approximately 10:15 PM., while driving east along the highway about half a mile outside the city of Welland. I became aware of a strange rocket-like object travelling upward in the sky. While it appeared to be quite close, I have reason to think that it may really have been a considerable distance away.

It appeared as a light similar in colour, brilliance and size to one of the brighter stars. This was followed by a long fiery tail. This tail appeared to contain particles somewhat similar to that in the exhaust of an ordinary skyrocket ending in the extreme rear by what looked like clear hot vapour. If this was farther away than it appeared, then it must have been travelling faster than a jet. It was apparently travelling upward and somewhat westerly from my point of view.

I saw it only for a few seconds. Then the starlike head suddenly disappeared followed a small fraction of a second later by a more gradual fading out of the fiery tail, this probably at a high altitude.

I saw this in the general direction of the city of Buffalo, N.Y. I have written to the Buffalo Airport asking if they know of any rocket-like flares etc., being used at that time. If you are interested I will be pleased to forward on to you any information that I receive from them.

The sky at the time was clear with the stars shining brightly.

I have seen meteors many times, but I could see no resemblance whatever to a meteor in the object I have described.

Yours very truly,
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