U is for UFOs in Ottawa: The truth is (still) out there One fine summer evening in 1953, with Bank Street bustling as thousands of ball fans headed to Lansdowne Park to watch a game, Wilbert B. Smith, a senior radio engi…

In 1953, #WillbertSmith floated a decoy Balloon “over the #RideauCanal, #DowsLake #Ottawa at an elevation of 1.5km as a part of #Canada’s first #UFO study, #ProjectMagnet. To Smith’s Dismay, nobody reported the event 😢 ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...