F-01Supported in source
What the official record supports
Library and Archives Canada describes approximately 9,500 digitized documents created by four federal bodies.
Published by Vastward
Official record / Source-led archive
What changes when 9,500 Canadian UFO records become searchable?
Four agencies left a digital trail stretching from 1947 into the early 1980s, revealing a reporting system rather than one giant mystery.
Editorial disclosure
Vastward connects public archives across countries while preserving each institution's evidence standard and historical context.
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30-second briefing
Start with what the primary record actually says.
Four agencies left a digital trail stretching from 1947 into the early 1980s, revealing a reporting system rather than one giant mystery.
Reading rule
An official record establishes what was documented. It does not automatically validate every interpretation or claim contained around it.
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Evidence ledger
Trace every finding back to the record.
F-02Data limitation
Where the evidence stops
The document count measures archival material, not 9,500 confirmed anomalous objects or independent events.
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Conclusion boundary
Know exactly where the evidence stops.
What the primary record establishes
- Library and Archives Canada describes approximately 9,500 digitized documents created by four federal bodies.
What it does not establish
- The document count measures archival material, not 9,500 confirmed anomalous objects or independent events.
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Method and limits
How this case was assembled.
This chapter follows official records outside one national system. It compares what each archive preserved, what its investigators could test, and what remains inaccessible or incomplete.
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Use the responsible national archive or scientific agency as the primary source.
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Keep local terminology and classification rules attached to the institution that used them.
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Compare systems without pretending that their categories measure exactly the same thing.
Methodological caution
Official records preserve provenance, observations, assessments, and testimony at different evidence levels. Later data may revise how the same record is understood.
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Historical thread
Follow the record as it changes.
- 1947-1980s
Four agencies become one public collection
Records from defense, transport, scientific, and police channels were preserved together for public research.
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Vastward interpretation
Stay curious without outrunning the evidence.
Independent editorial layer
The notes below are Vastward’s interpretation. They are not statements written by the source agency or witnesses.
The archive is exciting because it exposes the machinery behind the sightings: routing slips, forms, memos, and institutional handoffs.
Count reports, documents, and events separately before drawing conclusions from a large archive.
- Archive provenance
- The traceable path showing which institution created, held, transferred, and published a record.
- Classification system
- The local rules an organization uses to describe whether a report is identified, insufficiently documented, or unresolved.
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Source index