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BOAC James Howard Parent / Satellite Objects

June 30, 1954North Atlantic south of Goose Bay, Labrador / North Atlantic, Canada / International airspace

BOAC Captain James Howard, crew and passengers reported a large dark object accompanied by six smaller objects pacing their Stratocruiser for about eighteen minutes before the smaller objects disappeared and the larger object receded rapidly.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Official Investigations & Programs(P-000105)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-695072reported
“BOAC Captain James Howard, crew and passengers reported a large dark object accompanied by six smaller objects pacing their Stratocruiser for about eighteen minutes before the smaller objects disappeared and the larger object receded rapidly.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · BOAC James Howard Parent / Satellite Objects narrative; uploaded PDF pp. 249-250
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James Howard Parent-and-Satellites Formation (1954) · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695073reported
“Howard described the large object through changing apparent shapes—dark blob/inverted pear, arrow/delta-like, then flattened/elongated—and interpreted the smaller objects as satellites; that interpretation is preserved as witness opinion, not established structure.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · James Howard Parent-and-Satellites Formation (1954) source description; uploaded PDF pp. 249-250
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Hall Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695001reported
“Hall introduces Section X as a survey intended to show that UFO reports, official investigations and private study groups were international rather than uniquely American.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Section X introduction and survey framing; uploaded PDF pp. 226-226
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Hall Ocean & Antarctica Foreign Reports Dossier · Hall Section X Foreign Reports Claim

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CLAIM-695013reported
“Hall emphasizes ship officers and trans-oceanic pilots as experienced sky observers and presents oceanic cases as a distinct evidential subset.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Ocean & Antarctica framing; uploaded PDF pp. 245-246
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