Nova Scotia coastal UFO reports in Project Magnet files

Record summary

Project Magnet was a Canadian Department of Transport investigation associated with engineer Wilbert B. Smith, who collected and assessed reports of unusual aerial phenomena. Its records include cases from Canadian air routes and coastal environments, and the project is frequently cited in discussions of government interest in UFOs. The material matters because it shows how technical personnel categorized witness reports before later popular narratives. It does not establish an extraordinary explanation, and the surviving documentation, administrative context, and later quotations require careful source criticism.