The former Canadian minister of defence received a briefing on UFOs last year from his department ahead of the release of a U.S. intelligence community report on the topic, according to newly obtained documents.
The PowerPoint presentation titled “Unidentifed Aerial Phenomena (UAP): Brief to MND” says there are “Approximately 1,000 UFO sightings reported in Canada each year.”
It gave two recent examples, including one dated May 9, 2021, when a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900 cruising at 39,000 feet asked air-traffic controllers about “traffic well above them moving right to left.”
The briefing and related email communications from the Department of National Defence (DND) were obtained by CTV News through an access to information request and published on May 6.