F-01Unresolved in source
What the official record supports
The Sky Canada report summarizes the November 7, 1990 Montreal event and approximately forty witnesses.
Published by Vastward
Official record / Source-led archive
How can forty witnesses still leave a case unresolved?
Journalists, police, and other witnesses watched lights over Montreal, while official review noted no corresponding radar activity.
Editorial disclosure
Unresolved is a precise working state, not a synonym for extraterrestrial. The interest lies in locating the remaining unknown without inflating it.
01
30-second briefing
Start with what the primary record actually says.
Journalists, police, and other witnesses watched lights over Montreal, while official review noted no corresponding radar activity.
Reading rule
An official record establishes what was documented. It does not automatically validate every interpretation or claim contained around it.
02
Evidence ledger
Trace every finding back to the record.
F-02Data limitation
Where the evidence stops
Witness count does not provide range or identity, and the absence of radar activity must be interpreted against coverage and detectability.
03
Conclusion boundary
Know exactly where the evidence stops.
What the primary record establishes
- The Sky Canada report summarizes the November 7, 1990 Montreal event and approximately forty witnesses.
What it does not establish
- Witness count does not provide range or identity, and the absence of radar activity must be interpreted against coverage and detectability.
04
Method and limits
How this case was assembled.
This chapter stays inside the boundary of an officially unresolved or insufficiently attributed record. It explains exactly what is visible, what the source could establish, and why the remaining gap persists.
- 01
Inspect the strongest official media or case record in full.
- 02
Separate a physical object, a sensor signature, an identity, a performance claim, and an origin claim.
- 03
Name the missing observation that would most reduce uncertainty.
Methodological caution
Official records preserve provenance, observations, assessments, and testimony at different evidence levels. Later data may revise how the same record is understood.
05
Historical thread
Follow the record as it changes.
- 1990
A rooftop observation becomes a city story
Lights reported over Montreal on November 7, 1990 drew witnesses and later official historical review.
Official source ↗
06
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.
Forty people can strongly establish that a visual event was experienced while still leaving the physical geometry weak.
Multiple witnesses improve event reality more than they automatically improve object identity.
- Unresolved
- A working status used when the available evidence does not support a reliable attribution.
- Corroboration
- Independent observations or sensors that support the same event, geometry, timing, or behavior.
07
Source index