A wave of UFO sightings struck southern Manitoba in 1975, with possible connections to U.S. missile defense operations.
In 1975, Manitobans reported UFOs over their province almost nightly. The string of unprecedented sightings launched the biggest UFO craze in Canadian history. With sightings for well over a year, one object seen again and again became known as Charlie Red Star.
Grant Cameron was there. He witnessed Charlie Red Star many times, and led tours for others to see for themselves. He also caught wind of rumours of nuclear testing south of the Canada-U.S. border, which might have been the cause of the unexplained phenomena that was sighted in the upper atmosphere. This is the story revealed by eyewitnesses, photographers, and reporters chasing down the truth behind these still-unexplained encounters with UFOs.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: The Arrival of Charlie Red Star
More Media Attention
Anthony Britain
The Apollo Story
The Personification of Charlie Red Star
“Words, Words, Words”
2: Witnesses and Testimonies to Charlie Red Star
Charlie’s First Visit
The Blast-Off — The First Night
A Saucer Visits Aspen Air Base
The Second Night — Charlie Takes Off
The Third Night
And Now Others See
3: Classics
The Bobby Baker Case
Crashing Plane or UFO?
Three Pilots “Just Astounded”
A Disk Visits Friendship Field
Charlie Goes to School
Seeing Them in Bunches
Beams and Circles
Charlie Goes Sightseeing
Charlie Powers Up
And Yet More Cases
4: It’s Funny They Should Be the Same
The Small Disks
Triangles
Towers
Ferris Wheel
Getting Rid of a UFO
Beams
Animal Reactions
Humming Hydro and Telephone Wires
A Peculiar Form of Light
Flying on an Angle
Other Common Elements
5: Cameras, Photographers, and Charlie Red Star
The Tannis Major Photographs
Caught, Then Lost Again
The CKY-TV Movie
The Second Movie
Ground Light Photography
6: Landings
The Little Man
More Little Men
Roland
Portage la Prairie
Morden
Halbstadt
The CKY Movie Landing Site
7: Ground Lights
Possibilities
Ground Light Collision
Charlie Fights Back
The Monitor Connection
8: The Nuclear Connection
Final Thoughts
Appendix 1: Carman Poll Evaluation, November 30, 1976
Appendix 2: Charlie Red Star Poetry
Notes
